the moon

Last night was finally a decent night to take photos, but no good for Deep Space as there was this rather bright glowing crescent lighting up the sky, so i thought, for an experiment i would take some images at 0.0001 of sec of the moon, and try and process this in PixInsight.

I usually use video frames to do this on a OSC (One Shot Colour) ASI585mc (un-cooled) and then process this outside of Pixinsight. I’m glad i gave this a shot, i think the result has more depth and not so “Flat” looking.

First Quarter Moon, - Poseiden-M RGB, Images
RGB image f/5.6 FF130mm Petzval Refractor – First Quarter, which will occur on October 30, 2025. The moon is currently in a waxing crescent phase – 29/10/2025

I was really pleased with the result, and the Alpine Valley looks great. this was taken with the reducer in the scope, which brings it down the F/5.6 from F/7.7. – You can see the full image in the “Solar System Gallery”.

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