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 |
