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[dcaponeii]

I was out the other evening in variable high cloud conditions such that I opted to use AutoHistogram in FC to combat the issue.  I auto stacked the captures in AS!4 which was probably the cause of the variable noise levels from one frame to the next.  As a result I had to perform FFT Denoise on the frames one at a time in Wavesharp as a result. (This amounted to making adjustments to the curves function from one image to the next.)

 

39% of 750 frames for each of the capture stacks.

 

Here is a 70-image stitch of the Waxing Gibbous Moon from 6/4/25

 

 

 

These data are not as good as previous stuff so I'll just post the JPEG results here.

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Here is the northern portion of Mare Imbrium with Plato and Alpine Valley.  Full chip ASI676MC with the 16" Orion xx16g at f/10.

 

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Here is a crop (resized to 1200px height) of Plato and the Alpine Valley

 

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This is the full-frame image from which the Plato crop was made.  Conditions were better on this image than the previous one a bit further to the west.

 

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Moving a bit further south we bring in the Hadley Rille and the Archimedes area.

 

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Crop and resized to 1200px height of the Hadley Rille

 

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Not sure this one is worth showing.  Messier A and B in high sun.

 

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Another high-sun shot of the Apollo 11 landing site and surrounding area.

 

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I took this capture because the eastern wall of Copernicus right at sunrise was pretty spectacular although I don't think this image captures is adequately.

 

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This full-chip image is pretty much centered on Ptolemaeus.

 

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This crop and resize to 1200px height of the Straight Wall.

 

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Sunrise on Clavius.  I thought the sunlight bridge between the two craters on the floor was interesting.

 

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Finally Tycho cropped and resized to 1200px height.

 

[StarBug55]

Thank you Don C.

What an beautiful set of pics.

You've an excellent eye for framing and details and timing.

I always enjoy the ever changing shadows that enhance the Lunar features.

Favorite pic from this posting;  Sunrise on Clavius (timing is every thing),

Perfect capture on the Plato region.

Thanks again.

Gary C.

Quincy, MA

[dcaponeii]

Thank you Don C.
What an beautiful set of pics.
You've an excellent eye for framing and details and timing.
I always enjoy the ever changing shadows that enhance the Lunar features.
Favorite pic from this posting; Sunrise on Clavius (timing is every thing),
Perfect capture on the Plato region.
Thanks again.
Gary C.
Quincy, MA

Thank you. Lived in Melrose and then Lynn while in grad school at Tufts!! Grew up in Wilmington. Skies are better in Dallas than Boston suburbs!!

[12BH7]

Thank you for the wonderful images. I always fine your work not only pleasing but a learning tool.

[Borodog]

70 images. Crazy dedication. And you didn't miss any spots. Bravo. 

[Coldwarwarrior]

Excellent work, thanks for posting these. I really liked the image of the Plato region that has taken my attention recently. You can clearly see 5 craterlets in the image, difficult to image at the best of times.

[RCLARK28]

Thank you for the amazing images.

For what it worth from an old man new to observing and learning. These images are awe inspiring to me. Gives me targets and inspires me to keep learning and stacking. I truly appreciate you when you share your work.

Love these here in this thread. Made my day!

 

Rick Clark, CSE, CNE

[Lerxst Dirk Pratt]

"Can you see the flag?" 

 

Just kidding.....great photography share. More please! 

[dcaponeii]

"Can you see the flag?"

Just kidding.....great photography share. More please!

You can find lots of previous image sets from me. Just use the search function.