With darker edges
| Object ID | L18 Mare Serenitatis with dark edges |
| Details | 2021-06-17 |
| Telescope | 250mm f4.8 Newtonian |
| Camera | ZWO ASI290MC |
| Exposure(s) | 60s .ser videos |
| Capture | FireCapture |
| Processing | Autostakkert 3, Registax, Photoshop |
Just a general crescent view
| Object ID | Lunar crescent |
| Details | 2021-06-14 |
| Telescope | 250mm f4.8 Newtonian |
| Camera | ZWO ASI290MC |
| Exposure(s) | 60s .ser videos |
| Capture | FireCapture |
| Processing | Autostakkert 3, Registax, Photoshop |
Added to the ASE Lunar 100 Project
| Object ID | Posidonius, Gruithuisen, Hortensius Domes Fra Mauro formation, Prinz Rilles |
| Details | 2021-05-22 |
| Telescope | 250mm f4.8 Newtonian |
| Camera | ZWO ASI290MC |
| Exposure(s) | 60s .ser videos |
| Capture | FireCapture |
| Processing | Autostakkert 3, Registax, Photoshop |
Added to the ASE Lunar 100 Project
| Object ID | Theophilus, Cyrillus, Catharina Taruntius, Cauchy Region, Rheita Valley |
| Details | 2021-05-17 |
| Telescope | 250mm f4.8 Newtonian |
| Camera | ZWO ASI290MC |
| Exposure(s) | 60s .ser videos |
| Capture | FireCapture |
| Processing | Autostakkert 3, Registax, Photoshop |
Added to the ASE Lunar 100 Project
| Object ID | Aristarchus, Schroter’s Valley, Babbage, J. Herschel, Gassendi, Mare Humorum, Schickard, Sinus Iridum, Grimaldi (2021-04-25) |
| Details | 2021-04-24 |
| Telescope | 250mm f4.8 Newtonian |
| Camera | ZWO ASI290MC |
| Exposure(s) | 60s .ser videos |
| Capture | FireCapture |
| Processing | Autostakkert 3, Registax, Photoshop |
Added to the ASE Lunar 100 Project
| Object ID | Clavius, Copernicus, Davy, Alphonsus and Plato |
| Details | 2021-04-21 |
| Telescope | 250mm f4.8 Newtonian |
| Camera | ZWO ASI290MC |
| Exposure(s) | 60s .ser videos |
| Capture | FireCapture |
| Processing | Autostakkert 3, Registax, Photoshop |
Single shot, QHY168C
I’ve got really far behind posting on my own website as the ASE stuff got in the way.
Several areas taken during daytime.
| Object ID | Moon Clavius sunrise Ptolemaeus, Alphonsus, Arzachel, Albategnius Copernicus, Eratosthenes Plato, Alpine Valley |
| Details | 2020-01-22 14:00+UT 65.9% illuminated, 9.38 days |
| Telescope | 250mm f4.8 Newtonian |
| Camera | ZWO ASI290MC |
| Exposure(s) | 120fps 90s .ser videos |
| Capture | FireCapture |
| Processing | AutoStakkert 3, Registax, Photoshop |
Just 0.01s in amongst the clouds. Pretty steady seeing to get this much detail with one shot.
Usual 250mm f4.8 Newt at prime focus. QHY168C.
Quick shot with the QHY168C in clouds.
Reprocessed to bring out more detail of the 5 March 2020 post
Two daytime infrared imaging sets
| Object ID | Maria Crisium & Nectaris, Theophilus, Cyrillus, Catharina Infrared |
| Details | 2020-03-28/29 Daytime |
| Telescope | 250mm f4.8 OO Newtonian |
| Camera | ZWO ASI 290MC ZWO Infrared filter |
| Exposure(s) | 30s AVI @47fps 1024×768 |
| Capture | FireCapture |
| Processing | 10% frames stacked in Autostakkert Final process in Photoshop |
One of my best Moon images I think.
| Object ID | 70.4% illuminated Moon Copernicus, Eratosthenes, Archimedes Apennines, Mare Serenity and Imbrium |
| Details | 2020-03-02 20:02 UT Seeing III (I – V) |
| Telescope | 250mm f4.8 Newtonian |
| Camera | ZWO ASI290mc |
| Exposure(s) | 4x120s .ser videos, 45fps 1024×768 |
| Capture | FireCapture |
| Processing | Autostakkert, Photoshop |
18 panels were just enough. This is 3000 pixels reduce from the original 5000.
| Object ID | 18 panel Moon mosaic |
| Details | 2019-03-17 Seeing III/V |
| Telescope | 203mm RC8 @f8 |
| Camera | ZWO ASI290MC, Infrared pass filter |
| Exposure(s) | 30s AVI for each image 17 fps at full resoltion |
| Capture | FireCapture |
| Processing | AutoStakkert 2, Photoshop, MS ICE |
Using the wrong telescope but pretty steady and sharp.
| Object ID | Copernicus, Clavius, Gassendi and Mare Humorum, Plato and J Herschel 85% illumination |
| Details | 2019-03-17 Seeing III/V |
| Telescope | 203mm RC8 @f8 |
| Camera | ZWO ASI290MC, Infrared pass filter |
| Exposure(s) | 90s AVI for each image |
| Capture | FireCapture |
| Processing | AutoStakkert 2, Photoshop |
Images taken while doing a Live Stream for the Astronomical Society of Edinburgh
| Object ID | Lunar Eclipse |
| Details | 2019-01-21 02:30 – 05:45 |
| Telescope | 250mm f4.8 Newtonian |
| Camera | Canon 600D |
| Exposure(s) | Various |
| Capture | Canon Utilities |
| Processing | Photoshop |
Not much imaging recently because of terrible weather. This was the only chance and the seeing was incredibly bad after a rain storm. The Maria were undulating so much they looked like there really was water in them. Still got something though.
| Object ID | 97.8% Moon, lunation 14.25 days Copernicus, Kepler, Aristarchus and Sinus Iridium |
| Details | 2018-11-21 22:03 UT, seeing I/V Drifting clouds |
| Telescope | 250mm f5 Newtonian |
| Camera | ZWO ASI290MC, UV/IR filter |
| Exposure(s) | 90s SER file, 30% frames |
| Capture | FireCapture |
| Processing | AutoStakkert, Photoshop |
That annoying moment when you realise you’ve missed a tiny bit from the mosaic. Always better to overlap the frames more for safety. I though I was!
| Object ID | Lunar mosaic 7 frames |
| Details | 2018-06-24 21:07 – 21:16 UT Low down and seeing II (I-V) |
| Telescope | 200mm f5 Newtonian |
| Camera | ZWO ASI290MC ZWO Infrared pass filter |
| Exposure(s) | 7 x 60s AVIs, 20% stack |
| Capture | FireCapture |
| Processing | AutoStakkert, Photoshop |
Mosaics are simple using the new camera.
| Object ID | Lunar mosiac, 6 panes |
| Details | 2018-06-20 22:14 – 22:22 UT 7.15 days 55.9% illumination Seeing: II (I-V) |
| Telescope | 200mm f5 Newtonian |
| Camera | ZWO ASI290MCÂ unfiltered |
| Exposure(s) | 6 x 60s AVIs at 20fps |
| Capture | FireCapture |
| Processing | AutoStakkert and Photoshop |
Put the 200P back on the mount to use with ZWO camera. Seems like a good combination – I’d forgotten what a nice telescope it is. I didn’t plan to do a full mosaic but didn’t realise just how close I was.
| Object ID | 7 frame incomplete lunar mosaic 5.12 days 33.6% illumination |
| Details | 2018-06-18 20:24 – 20:41 UT Poor seeing (over neighbour’s chimney smoke) and gusty conditions which shook the telescope occasionally. |
| Telescope | 200mm f5 Newtonian |
| Camera | ZWO ASI 290MC ZWO infrared pass filter |
| Exposure(s) | 7 x 60s AVI @ 20fps |
| Capture | FireCapture |
| Processing | AutoStakkert, Photoshop |
A quick First Light in broad daylight of the Moon through the Mak.
| Object ID | Moon |
| Details | 2018-05-23 18:52UT 8.34 days 68.3% |
| Telescope | 180mm Maksutov at f15 |
| Camera | Canon EOS 600D |
| Exposure(s) | ISO 100, 1/100s |
| Capture | In camera |
| Processing | Processed in Lightroom |
3 days from New Moon in a row.
| Object ID | New Moon |
| Details | 2018-05-16 20:39UT 1.41 days 2.8% 2018-05-17 20:53UT 2.42 days 8.1% 2018-05-18 21.13UT 3.43 days 15.9% |
| Telescope | C80ED at f7.5 |
| Camera | Canon EOS 600D |
| Exposure(s) | 1/60s, 1/100s, 1/50s |
| Capture | In camera |
| Processing | Processed in Lightroom |
The youngest Moon I have ever seen or imaged. Just 5 degrees above the horizon.
| Object ID | Moon |
| Details | 1.41 days 2.8% illumination 5 degrees altitude 2018-05-16 20:39 UT |
| Telescope | C80ED at f7.5 |
| Camera | Canon EOS 600D |
| Exposure(s) | 1/60s |
| Capture | In camera |
| Processing | Processed in Lightroom |
