Mineral Moon, 72%(+), 20230301 - 16 panel mosaic (Wouter Cazaux)

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Mineral Moon, 72%(+), 20230301 - 16 panel mosaic

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Mineral Moon, 72%(+), 20230301 - 16 panel mosaic

Acquisition type: Lucky imaging

Mineral Moon, 72%(+), 20230301 - 16 panel mosaic

Generally, I capture the moon in mono (with the ASI174MM), building a mosaic to create a full detailed view, but I wanted to try this in colour once as well, to bring out the colours of the minerals, giving in a little bit on sharpness, because of the colours. Mineral moons are mostly made from a full moon view, as no other fine details can be seen. This one is made on a 72% lunar phase.

Following on from the couple of single shots I made before, I covered enough panels to get to a full lunar mosaic.

All in all, it seems to give off a fine appearance, showing some nice detail along the terminator, but this isn’t up to the level of quality I would’ve wanted …

Bringing out the colours causes quite some aberration in the finer detail. There is also quite some difference in quality in the various panels. On some of the;, the ASI2600 cut short on the video taking, leaving me with too few frames to bring out the fine detail. Some imbalance in exposure between a couple of panels, trying to match the dimly lit terminator with the bright moon edge. This one has proven difficult to get the colour balance just right.

C8, UVIR, QSI2600MC, EQ6R-Pro
AutoStakkert, PixInsight, Photoshop
20230301 19:45cet

Any constructive guidance is welcome .. always looking how I can still improve on this

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