True color moon photo

Rockstar · 12-09-18, 11:00 AM

My first attempt at astrophotography and photo editing. I used SharpCap Pro for capture, registax for photo stack, and GIMP for editing.

Capture Area=5496x3672
Colour Space=RAW8
Gain=0
Exposure=0.010525
450 out 500 of photos used

Eichhörnchen · 12-09-18, 11:47 AM

WOW, mate!

Buddahaid · 12-09-18, 12:23 PM

Nice work. I guess it's made of Bleu cheese after all.

Rockstar · 12-09-18, 12:55 PM

I tellya ever since I got this scope I never realized just how many cloudy nights there are in a month. On the bright side you're always looking forward to the next clear sky. Setting up never gets old and boring when it finally clears its just as exciting setting up as the last session.

Orion is up and I'm hoping to capture the Horsehead Nebula next time I have clear sky.

STEED · 12-09-18, 01:01 PM

What a cold bleak dull place.

Rockstar · 12-09-18, 01:21 PM

The scope is an Orion 203mm f/4.9. Primary camera is a ZWO 183MC Pro, mounted on the scope is a 60mm guide scope. Not shown ZWO 120MC guide camera, cant use it photographing the moon. All of this mounted on a Celestron AVX goto mount. Well within its weight capacity. Oh ya I also have a really kewl gadget called the QHY Polemaster which greatly assists in polar alignment.

Also not shown is my Honda EU2000 generator

. I will need that in the field once I start photographing DSOs.

Since I spent my money on a Hatsan 135 rifle Im hoping Santa Claus gets me a Explore Scientific 203mm f/3.9 Carbon fiber scope.

fireftr18 · 12-09-18, 02:13 PM

Beautiful. Thanks for sharing. Please, share more.

u crank · 12-09-18, 02:50 PM

Nice. More please.

Catfish · 12-10-18, 02:03 AM

Very cool, Rockstar

Onkel Neal · 12-10-18, 06:07 AM

Looking forward to the next.

Jimbuna · 12-10-18, 06:09 AM

Nice one

Commander Wallace · 12-10-18, 08:00 AM

Awesome pictures, Rockstar. Have you been able to observe any planets yet. Rockin Robbins is also into astronomy and uses basic laptops in conjunction with his star gazing.

Thanks for sharing.

Rockstar · 12-10-18, 09:31 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Commander Wallace

Awesome pictures, Rockstar. Have you been able to observe any planets yet. Rockin Robbins is also into astronomy and uses basic laptops in conjunction with his star gazing.

Thanks for sharing.

I have observed the Sun, Saturn,Jupiter and Mercury but I'm not really set up yet for taking planetary photos.

Sailor Steve · 12-10-18, 11:20 AM

Very nice!

AVGWarhawk · 12-10-18, 12:59 PM

Great Scott! Beautiful picture!

If you see any of this in the lens. Alert us immediately.

12-09-18, 11:00 AM	#1
Rockstar In the Brig Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Zendia Bar & Grill Posts: 12,614 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	True color moon photo My first attempt at astrophotography and photo editing. I used SharpCap Pro for capture, registax for photo stack, and GIMP for editing. Capture Area=5496x3672 Colour Space=RAW8 Gain=0 Exposure=0.010525 450 out 500 of photos used

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Eichhörnchen Starte das Auto Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: The Fens Posts: 17,371 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	WOW, mate! __________________

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Buddahaid Shark above Space Chicken Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,319 Downloads: 162 Uploads: 0	Nice work. I guess it's made of Bleu cheese after all. __________________ "However vast the darkness, we must provide our own light." Stanley Kubrick "Tomorrow belongs to those who can hear it coming." David Bowie

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STEED Lucky Jack Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Down Town UK Posts: 27,695 Downloads: 89 Uploads: 48	What a cold bleak dull place. __________________ Dr Who rest in peace 1963-2017. To borrow Davros saying...I NAME YOU CHIBNALL THE DESTROYER OF DR WHO YOU KILLED IT!

12-09-18, 01:21 PM	#6
Rockstar In the Brig Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Zendia Bar & Grill Posts: 12,614 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	The scope is an Orion 203mm f/4.9. Primary camera is a ZWO 183MC Pro, mounted on the scope is a 60mm guide scope. Not shown ZWO 120MC guide camera, cant use it photographing the moon. All of this mounted on a Celestron AVX goto mount. Well within its weight capacity. Oh ya I also have a really kewl gadget called the QHY Polemaster which greatly assists in polar alignment. Also not shown is my Honda EU2000 generator . I will need that in the field once I start photographing DSOs. Since I spent my money on a Hatsan 135 rifle Im hoping Santa Claus gets me a Explore Scientific 203mm f/3.9 Carbon fiber scope. Last edited by Rockstar; 12-09-18 at 01:40 PM.

12-09-18, 12:55 PM	#4
Rockstar In the Brig Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Zendia Bar & Grill Posts: 12,614 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	I tellya ever since I got this scope I never realized just how many cloudy nights there are in a month. On the bright side you're always looking forward to the next clear sky. Setting up never gets old and boring when it finally clears its just as exciting setting up as the last session. Orion is up and I'm hoping to capture the Horsehead Nebula next time I have clear sky.

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fireftr18 Ocean Warrior Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Kentucky Posts: 2,528 Downloads: 77 Uploads: 0	Beautiful. Thanks for sharing. Please, share more. __________________ Of all the forms of Martial Arts, Karaoke causes the most pain!

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u crank Old enough to know better Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Prince Edward Island Posts: 11,744 Downloads: 136 Uploads: 0	Nice. More please. __________________ “Two possibilities exist: either we are alone in the Universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying.” ― Arthur C. Clarke

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Catfish Dipped Squirrel Operative Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: ..where the ocean meets the sky Posts: 17,765 Downloads: 38 Uploads: 0	Very cool, Rockstar __________________ >^..^<*)))>{ All generalizations are wrong.

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Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,461 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Nice one __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

12-10-18, 08:00 AM	#12
Commander Wallace Navy Seal Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Under the sea in an Octupus garden in the shade Posts: 5,294 Downloads: 366 Uploads: 0	Awesome pictures, Rockstar. Have you been able to observe any planets yet. Rockin Robbins is also into astronomy and uses basic laptops in conjunction with his star gazing. Thanks for sharing.

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Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	Very nice! __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

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AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,253 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	Great Scott! Beautiful picture! If you see any of this in the lens. Alert us immediately. __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road