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Luna, Richard S. Wright Jr.

Luna

Luna, Richard S. Wright Jr.

Luna

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I started astrophotography by shooting the moon, and tonight I just felt the urge to go back and take a shot. I'm typically deep space these days, and this was just the simplest of images. I put the scope on the mount, and used the hand paddle to center the moon. I then focused manually and shot RAW on a DSLR and processed a single frame with Adobe RAW and Photoshop.

I'm quite happy with the color variations in the maria that I managed to pick up. At the bottom of the frame, you can see some mountains and crater rims jutting up into the sunlight from beyond the terminator.

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Luna, Richard S. Wright Jr.