Contains:  Solar system body or event
Thin Crescent Moon 2015-02-20 (C80ED), evan9162

Thin Crescent Moon 2015-02-20 (C80ED)

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Attempted to image the Moon through my C80ED, using ML raw video. In order to capture the entire crescent, I upped the frame size to 1600x900, which reduces the capture frame rate to 15fps (due to hardware limits in the camera).

I didn't quite frame things perfectly, so one edge is clipped. I could have increased the frame size further at the expense of frame rate.

Despite stacking over 1000 frames, the detail is still limited by the scope's focal length. Shooting the moon through my C6 SCT yields MUCH more detail, even when only capturing a handful of still frames

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Thin Crescent Moon 2015-02-20 (C80ED), evan9162