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Crescent moon (12% illuminated) with increasing exposure to bring out the Earthshine, Niall MacNeill

Crescent moon (12% illuminated) with increasing exposure to bring out the Earthshine

Acquisition type: Lucky imaging
Crescent moon (12% illuminated) with increasing exposure to bring out the Earthshine, Niall MacNeill

Crescent moon (12% illuminated) with increasing exposure to bring out the Earthshine

Acquisition type: Lucky imaging

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I set up the Hyperstar on my C11 with the ZWO ASI 1600MC for some deep sky wide field imaging. However, the FOV is perfect for the full moon. I made 4 imaging runs of 3 minutes duration, depending on the clouds, capturing ~ 1800 frames. These were processed using the normal lucky imaging process. By increasing the Gain for each run, it is possible to progressively bring out the part of the moon lit by Earthshine.

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Crescent moon (12% illuminated) with increasing exposure to bring out the Earthshine, Niall MacNeill