Waning Harvest Moon Rising Over Desert Ridgeline 9/22/2021 (AmargosaSky)

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Waning Harvest Moon Rising Over Desert Ridgeline 9/22/2021

Acquisition type: Lucky imaging

Waning Harvest Moon Rising Over Desert Ridgeline 9/22/2021

Acquisition type: Lucky imaging

For this one, I had seen the Harvest Moon rising over some low mountains (named the McCullough Range, located in the Sloan Canyon NCA) for a few nights. The various ridges are between 2-3 miles from my backyard, and I wanted to catch the moon breaking the ridgeline.

I took a SER video of it rising, hoping to get something useful. Through SharpCap's live view, the silhouettes of individual desert plants and rocks were visible against the Harvest Moon.

The vegetation appears to be Joshua Trees and Creosote bushes, and this area contains many angular metamorphic and volcanic rocks resulting from fracture cleavage.

This image is the best single 60 millisecond frame pulled from the video. I have tried stacking, but was unsuccessful due to the apparent movement of the moon relative to the stationary ridgeline at 948mm focal length.

This was a lucky 60ms image at such a low altitude over rooftops. The Near-IR pass filter helped in this regard.

Location: Backyard, Henderson, NV, Near the Edge of Sloan Canyon National Conservation Area

Date: September 22, 2021
Time: Approximately 8:35PM Local
Apparent Altitude: Approximately 8° 20'

Gear:

Stellarvue SVX130T Refractor

ASI 533MCP Imaging Camera

Astronomik ProPlanet 742 Near-IR Bandpass Filter

Sky-Watcher EQ8-R Pro Mount

Acquired in SharpCap Pro

Processed in PixInsight and finished in Photoshop

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