{"id":2489,"date":"2025-10-30T16:25:07","date_gmt":"2025-10-30T04:25:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/astro-artistry.hashstack.nz\/?p=2489"},"modified":"2026-01-10T13:38:59","modified_gmt":"2026-01-10T01:38:59","slug":"the-moon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/astro-artistry.hashstack.nz\/?p=2489","title":{"rendered":"The moon"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">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&#8217;m glad i gave this a shot, i think the result has more depth and not so &#8220;Flat&#8221; looking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"837\" src=\"https:\/\/astro-artistry.hashstack.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/m00n-10-2025-1024x837.jpg\" alt=\"First Quarter Moon, - Poseiden-M RGB, Images\" class=\"wp-image-2480\" style=\"width:522px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/astro-artistry.hashstack.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/m00n-10-2025-1024x837.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/astro-artistry.hashstack.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/m00n-10-2025-300x245.jpg 300w, https:\/\/astro-artistry.hashstack.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/m00n-10-2025-768x628.jpg 768w, https:\/\/astro-artistry.hashstack.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/m00n-10-2025-1536x1256.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/astro-artistry.hashstack.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/m00n-10-2025-2048x1674.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">RGB image f\/5.6 FF130mm Petzval Refractor &#8211; First Quarter, which will occur on October 30, 2025. The moon is currently in a waxing crescent phase &#8211; 29\/10\/2025<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">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. &#8211; You can see the full image in the &#8220;Solar System Gallery&#8221;. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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. 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