Thanks. I want to avoid the flat, over-processed look that I've seen on lunar and planetary images. It's best to avoid the temptation to over-sharpen to get every last bit of possible detail out.

Small bore challenge: the Moon w/ 6" or less
#76
Posted 31 July 2015 - 07:20 AM
#80
Posted 01 August 2015 - 07:56 AM
When I went to the K5IIs, I did a hand held shot through the DA 55-300 @300mm that the crop attached is from. I processed it similar to that shot through the scope to see how close to it a shot done that way could come that (I didn't spend near as much time on processing this one as I did on the one above though). This was done in March this year.
Edited by Wigleydh, 01 August 2015 - 08:03 AM.
#82
Posted 03 August 2015 - 06:15 AM
Hello,
here is Copernicus region in strongly enhanced colors. The picture was taken with a SCT 6" and a QHYCCD miniCAM5F camera with RGB filters.
It's a reduced version of the picture.
Clear skies.
Alain
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#83
Posted 06 August 2015 - 07:28 PM
Here is the waning gibbous moon as seen in the early A.M. of August 5, 2015. Taken with a Tele Vue NP127is and a 2X Powermate using a Sony NEX-5N in still capture mode (ISO 200, 1/160 second). This is a stack of the best 50% out of 64 still captures, processed with AutoStakkert!2, Registax, and Photoshop CC 2015. You can access an even larger version of this image (stored on Flickr) by clicking on the below preview.
Edited by james7ca, 07 August 2015 - 02:55 AM.
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#84
Posted 06 August 2015 - 07:42 PM
Mitch (photonhunter), that's a really sharp capture with a C90, you even caught part of Hadley Rille (near to the Apollo 15 landing site).
Darin (Evan9162), great shots with your C80ED.
#86
Posted 24 September 2015 - 08:12 AM
It's been pretty quiet here so I'll start with this shot I did last night with my Tele Vue NP127is, a 5X Powermate, and a ZWO ASI174MM camera. The southern highlands of the moon with the craters Clavius and Tycho. Image processing done with AutoStakkert!, Registax, and Photoshop CC2015. Best 50% of 914 frames, 14ms exposure, camera gain 180.
The original is 1280 x 1600 pixels so if you aren't seeing the full-sized image you can click on the preview to see the image as stored on Flickr.
Edited by james7ca, 24 September 2015 - 08:17 AM.
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#87
Posted 24 September 2015 - 08:56 AM
That is a beautiful shot. The tonal range and sharpness is amazing! Gerry
#88
Posted 24 September 2015 - 09:44 AM
That is a beautiful shot. The tonal range and sharpness is amazing! Gerry
Thanks, it turned out pretty well, since it has been one of my goals with the 5" to resolve the craterlets on the southern edge of the floor of Clavius. It looks like I imaged craters down to maybe 2km in diameter, which suggests an angular resolution pretty close to one arc seconds which is getting near to Dawes' Limit for a 5 inch telescope. But it's easier to see a small crater than it is to resolve two stars and I think it might be possible for a 5" telescope to reveal craters almost as small as 1km (which would be near 0.5 arc seconds).
Edited by james7ca, 24 September 2015 - 09:55 AM.
#89
Posted 24 September 2015 - 05:02 PM
#90
Posted 24 September 2015 - 05:06 PM
Here is the waning gibbous moon as seen in the early A.M. of August 5, 2015. Taken with a Tele Vue NP127is and a 2X Powermate using a Sony NEX-5N in still capture mode (ISO 200, 1/160 second). This is a stack of the best 50% out of 64 still captures, processed with AutoStakkert!2, Registax, and Photoshop CC 2015. You can access an even larger version of this image (stored on Flickr) by clicking on the below preview.
Wow! I just clicked on your full sized versions...fantastic images! They would look great as posters!!...John
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#93
Posted 25 October 2015 - 08:32 AM
Alain, well done as you've caught some craterlets in both Plato and Archimedes and the Hadley rille.
#94
Posted 25 October 2015 - 05:10 PM
Here are a few taken with my Quantum 6 mak and William Optics FLT 110mm refractor, Celestron CGEM, and Skyris 274M. These were all roughly anywhere from 500 to 2000 frames aligned and stacked in Registax and finished up in Adobe Lightroom. These were taken this past week with average to below average seeing conditions.
pic 1 & 2 were done with the Quantum 6 in windy, below average seeing (and on a deck, which didn't help matters).
pic 3 was done with a William Optics FLT 110 APO in average conditions.
V/R
Terry
Edited by TerryWood, 25 October 2015 - 06:14 PM.
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#98
Posted 25 October 2015 - 09:53 PM
easybob95 in reply #9, got a well defined Stadius Triplet with only a 6" aperture!
Very well done, thanks for pointing that out Kudos to easybob95...
Clear Skies,
Brian
Edited by BKBrown, 25 October 2015 - 09:59 PM.
#99
Posted 25 October 2015 - 09:59 PM
There has been a lot of good work added to the thread this fall, the weather is settling down and here in the Mid-Atlantic region we are getting some better seeing conditions now. Nice pix folks, keep 'em coming...
Clear Skies,
Brian
#100
Posted 26 October 2015 - 02:53 AM
Hello Brian and Brian !
thanks for your comments. I will try to make a better treatment of my Copernicus region (post #9) to see if i can get a better result.
Have a nice day.
Alain