Moon - 1st Light with C 9.25 Edge HD & ASI 2600MC Pro (Jeff Culp)

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Moon - 1st Light with C 9.25 Edge HD & ASI 2600MC Pro

Being cloudy just about every day since Nov 1, I was able to find about 2 hours where I could set up in my backyard with my newly acquired Celestron 9.25 Edge HD. I had carefully studied others' back focus tutorials, as was able to get a reasonably good manual focus within a few minutes. I may be a 1-2mm off ideal, so I did have to move the primary mirror quite a bit to achieve focus. I also noticed it need collimation (bought it used and shipped across the country), but didn't take time that evening.

I've added a .7x Celestron reducer, Celestron OAG, and coupled it with my ASI 2600 MC Pro. Using SharpCap, and NINA alternatively I was able to grab a few still frames at full resolution. So I was modestly impressed with the resulting image, (no batinov mask used), and having struggled to learn Autostakkert and RegiStax in short order, this image finally appeared. I used PS to sharpen the final image a bit more after using wavlets in RegiStax.

This is a color image, framed to 16x9 size for monitor display, which I think helps the contrasting moon details. I do notice some of the stacking registration wasn't perfect near (near the edges), so I'm needing to be careful in future edits to be sure registration points are included in the those areas.

Once I collimate, achieve critical focus using NINA's autofocus on stars, and then capture using my new ASI178 MC camera, I should have better photos. Can't wait, and hoping that our reprieve from rain over the next week will give me more time to expand use of the C 9.25.

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