I am not much of a Moon guy but I wanted to get some practice taking a video and stacking it. This is my first image of the moon with my ZWO ASI1600 MM and since it is a monochrome camera, separate videos of each color (LRGB) were collected. Also, I got some practice using Sharpcap (imaging) and Autostakkert2 (stacking) as well and found both programs very easy to use even for newbie like me.
The LRGB videos were made up of 500 frames each and collected with Sharpcap. Next, they were stacked using Autostakkert2, I have used Registax in the past but forgot how to used it but saw many people were use Autostakkert2 so I figured I would give it a try. I really liked how it automatically produces two versions, one standard and one that has been sharpened. It also gave a drizzle option which I tried but my 12 GB of ram apparently was not enough. Lastly, the RGB channels were merged in Photoshop and the Luminosity was added as a final layer.
I posted three images, the first is just after making the LRGB image, the second is making it neutral color, and the final is my feeble attempt mineralize it a bit.
https://kurtzeppetello.smugmug.com/http://astroquest1.blogspot.com/http://youtube.com/c/AstroQuest1Waxing Moon (72.4%)
Home Monroe, CT
Date: 5-31-20
Camera: ZWO ASI1600MM-Pro
Telescope: Astro-Tech AT115EDT 115mm Refractor Telescope
Barlow: None
Focal Length: 805
f/7
Focal Reducer: HoTech Self-Guiding Field Flattener for Refractor Telescopes
Mount: Orion Sirius
Filter Wheel: ZWO EFW 8 x 1.25"
Filter: ZWO L, R, G, B
Focuser: ZWO EAF
Autoguiding: ASI120 Mini attached to an Agena 50mm Guide Scope with Helical Focuser
Exposure: L 500 x 23fps, R 500 x 23fps, G 500 x 23fps, B 500 x 23fps
Gain: 139
Offset 21
Temp: 11 C
Processing: APT, Sharpcap, PixInsight, Photoshop.
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