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  • Thanks to my north facing balcony, I can only photograph the moon when it's at high declinations. Fortunately it was at +27 dec the other day, and it was early enough for me to be awake to shoot it! Captured at 10pm on April 12th, 2024.

    Places where I host my other images:

    Flickr | Instagram

    Equipment:

    • TPO 6" F/4 Imaging Newtonian
    • Orion Sirius EQ-G
    • ZWO ASI1600MM-Pro
    • Skywatcher Quattro Coma Corrector
    • ZWO EFW 8x1.25"/31mm
    • Astronomik LRGB+CLS Filters- 31mm
    • Astrodon 31mm Ha 5nm, Oiii 3nm, Sii 5nm
    • Agena 50mm Deluxe Straight-Through Guide Scope
    • ZWO ASI-120MC for guiding
    • Moonlite Autofocuser

    Acquisition: (Camera at Unity Gain, -15°C)

    • R - 20000 x 5.4ms
    • G - 2000 x 4.3ms
    • B - 2000 x 6.0ms

    Capture Software:

    • Captured using Sharpcap and N.I.N.A. for mount/filterwheel control

    Stacking:

    • Stacked the best 25% of frames in Autostakkert (autosharpened, 3X Drizzle)

    PixInsight Processing:

    • DynamicCrop
    • ChannelCombination to combine monochrome images into RGB image
    • ChannelMatch to align G and B color channels to red
    • ColorCalibration
    • HistogramTransformation (slight stretch)
    • SCNR > invert > SCNR to remove green and magenta color fringing
    • CurvesTransformations to adjust lightness, contrast, colors, saturation, etc.
    • Very slight convolution to hide some drizzle artifacts
    • LocalHistogramTransformation
    • dynamic crop
    • Annotation