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Small bore - Moon mosaic with 81 mm refractor, JanD

Small bore - Moon mosaic with 81 mm refractor

Small bore - Moon mosaic with 81 mm refractor, JanD

Small bore - Moon mosaic with 81 mm refractor

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This is my second moon mosaic.

While the first one existed out of 2 pictures, in this one I stitched 35 single images. Each image was a movie out of 600 frames, from which I stacked the best 70% via AutoStakkert. I cropped each frame manually to get rid of the stacking artifacts from the edges. This was quite a monkey task, is there a easier way to do this? Finally the 35 images were stitched through Microsoft ICE. Wavelet sharpening was done with RegiStaxx and final sharpening with PS CC.

35 images are probably quite an overkill, I did not had a proper routine to scan each part of the moon only once. If you look close you will be able to see some small artifacts and zones which are not as sharp as the others. I think this is due to variable seeing conditions. Maybe it makes sense to sharpen all 35 images before stitching to even it out... but this needs to be done with a good bottle of wine I think...

Best from Switzerland,

Jan

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Small bore - Moon mosaic with 81 mm refractor, JanD