Moon 71.1% (+) C8 EHD Lunar Mosaic (8 panels) - 20230131 - (too) close to the edge (Wouter Cazaux)

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Moon 71.1% (+) C8 EHD Lunar Mosaic (8 panels) - 20230131 - (too) close to the edge

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Moon 71.1% (+) C8 EHD Lunar Mosaic (8 panels) - 20230131 - (too) close to the edge

Acquisition type: Lucky imaging

Moon 71.1% (+) C8 EHD Lunar Mosaic (8 panels) - 20230131 - (too) close to the edge

These days you need to take advantage of any un-announced clear patch of sky … No chance at any comet-chasing for me this time ...

With the C8 EHD operational, I’m trying to capture the moon as much as possible, creating a lunar mosaic at the native focal length and attempting to go more detailed.

This is a 8 panel lunar mosaic … seemed to have worked out well … The only trouble with these mosaics is, it takes a lot of time to capture them, and the sky quality and line-of-sight needs to remain steady and clear (I had a parasol and a cherry tree eventually getting in the way)

A bit (too) close to the edge. Copernicus was completely hidden in the shadows, but in the processing, it’s rim became visible … except, I only went halfway with the frame …

Getting better at the wavelet processing, only some minor isolated bright spots, still looking for the right balance between gain and exposure time, but I think that this is one of my most detailed/sharp moon images to date again. Full native resolution at !0k x 10k, but scaled down to 4k x 4k for file-size

C8 EHD, ASI174MM, IR685, EQ6-R Pro
Photons: 1080p 2ms Gain200 210s x8 panels
AutoStakkert, PixInsight, Adobe LightRoom
20230131 02:00cet

Any constructive guidance is welcome

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