Wednesday, December 30, 2020

Waxing Gibbous Moon (12/26/20)

Yes it's the Moon again.  So this was not planned it was just there, really there.  It has been tough imaging lately, fake clear nights where it looks clear so I image but end up trashing most of the exposures.  Saturday night it was clear but the moon was really close to one my four targets so even imaging in Ha was not useful - I actually tried but it was so bright the guider would not work.  So, I shot the moon and put a slight mineralized color to it.  It actually crossed my object target 12 hours later so I will post a composite once I am done with it.  It actually came out OK.  The crater Tycho, bottom of the image, shows the shock wave radiating off from it really well.    


Waxing Gibbous Moon
Home Monroe, CT
Date: 12-26-20
Camera: ZWO ASI1600MM-Pro
Telescope: Astro-Tech AT115EDT 115mm Refractor Telescope
Barlow: None
Focal Length: 805
f/7
Focal Reducer:  AstroTech 0.8x Field Flatterner/Focal Reducer
Mount: Orion Sirius
Filter Wheel: ZWO EFW 8 x 1.25"
Filter: ZWO L, R, G, B
Focuser: ZWO EAF
Autoguiding: ASI120 Mini attached to an Agena 50mm Guide Scope with Helical Focuser
Exposure: L 500 x 23fps, R 500 x 23fps, G 500 x 23fps, B 500 x 23fps
Gain: 139
Offset 21
Temp: 0 C
Processing: Sharpcap, Autostakkert2, Photoshop, Topaz NoiseNR.

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