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My best moon image
Hi,
I wanted to share with you my best image of the moon so far to start with, so you will always remember me as my first post of images here.
I can tell the equipment used, but i always heard that equipment isn't important or it doesn't matter as the skills is there, so who cares about the gear if it is all about the imager and skills then.
Enjoy it.
I wanted to share with you my best image of the moon so far to start with, so you will always remember me as my first post of images here.
I can tell the equipment used, but i always heard that equipment isn't important or it doesn't matter as the skills is there, so who cares about the gear if it is all about the imager and skills then.
Enjoy it.
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Thank you Tareq.
I like your lunar image, but I have a different view on the value of sharing with us the information on equipment and processes used.
The value for me is that your experience enhances my experience. I can learn from you. This is one of the nice qualities of a forum such as this, at least for me.
I hope you find great success in your astrophotography adventure.
I like your lunar image, but I have a different view on the value of sharing with us the information on equipment and processes used.
The value for me is that your experience enhances my experience. I can learn from you. This is one of the nice qualities of a forum such as this, at least for me.
I hope you find great success in your astrophotography adventure.
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Such a gorgeous image!
Equipment used is always helpful. That way we can try our best to approach the quality of this image.
Equipment used is always helpful. That way we can try our best to approach the quality of this image.
Bryan
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Very nice! Very sharp!
The lightplay is outstanding
The lightplay is outstanding
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Mount: Celestron CGX-L
Scope: 130mm f7 APO
Cam: ASI071mc-pro
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Re: My best moon image
Welcome!Don Quixote wrote: ↑Sat Oct 26, 2019 1:07 am Thank you Tareq.
I like your lunar image, but I have a different view on the value of sharing with us the information on equipment and processes used.
The value for me is that your experience enhances my experience. I can learn from you. This is one of the nice qualities of a forum such as this, at least for me.
I hope you find great success in your astrophotography adventure.
Definitely you are right, i learn from others so i don't mind others learn from me too, but i still have bad impression about people keep saying or believing that only skills that matters and not equipment, i tried with my skills on different equipment and i failed to produce same high quality from all, but it sounds some agree with skills more and others agree with both balanced and some agree with equipment more, at the end i shouldn't stop with any conclusion, if skills is important i just improve it, if equipment is important then i improve it as well, can't say one is more important, in same cases one can be more effective, but i am educated and i should know that both are important as long we all know how to use it with the right skills, and you can learn from anyone.
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Thanks!bladekeeper wrote: ↑Sat Oct 26, 2019 1:12 am Such a gorgeous image!
Equipment used is always helpful. That way we can try our best to approach the quality of this image.
I know that, and i will keep going with equipment carefully alongside with skills, so i can have both worlds, others can be happy with whatever, and i am sure if i improve my gear then i can also can improve my results.
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Thank you very much!
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Re: My best moon image
Equipment used:
Skywatcher Skymax 180mm Maksutov
ZWO ASI174MM
SW AZ-EQ6
Astronomik IR 742nm
Skywatcher Skymax 180mm Maksutov
ZWO ASI174MM
Astronomik IR 742nm
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Woooow! Stunning image. I can tell a lot of post-production went into this lunar image capture … or you took it from orbit!
Please post your equipment and what you did in post-production to produce such exquisite images like this. It's no boast but it's a learning experience for all of us here. Your own techniques and hardware may be that viola moment for any number of members here atTSS . Now I'm going back to take a second and third look at your lunar capture. We all have a passion in both the AP and visual realm, but we're not so caught up in the technical ticky-tack that we don't see the beauty of what each one of us are accomplishing wherever we are on the learning curve.
BTW, I too have a Skywatcher SkyMax 180mmf/ 15 Maksutov. I also have a Skywatcher EQ6-R Pro mount. So that information alone tells me what my equipment is capable of imaging in lunar astrophotography. Though I focus (no pun intended) more on DSO image capture and to this point I've limited myself to single-frame imaging in both the DSO , lunar and planetary realm, I'm very dependent on excellent seeing conditions and less so on post-production here in central Illinois. See, I learned something already!
Thanks again for sharing.
Please post your equipment and what you did in post-production to produce such exquisite images like this. It's no boast but it's a learning experience for all of us here. Your own techniques and hardware may be that viola moment for any number of members here at
BTW, I too have a Skywatcher SkyMax 180mm
Thanks again for sharing.
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Hi and thanks for your post.Hankmeister3 wrote: ↑Sat Oct 26, 2019 4:02 pm Woooow! Stunning image. I can tell a lot of post-production went into this lunar image capture … or you took it from orbit!
Please post your equipment and what you did in post-production to produce such exquisite images like this. It's no boast but it's a learning experience for all of us here. Your own techniques and hardware may be that viola moment for any number of members here at TSS. Now I'm going back to take a second and third look at your lunar capture. We all have a passion in both the AP and visual realm, but we're not so caught up in the technical ticky-tack that we don't see the beauty of what each one of us are accomplishing wherever we are on the learning curve.
BTW, I too have a Skywatcher SkyMax 180mm f/15 Maksutov. I also have a Skywatcher EQ6-R Pro mount. So that information alone tells me what my equipment is capable of imaging in lunar astrophotography. Though I focus (no pun intended) more on DSO image capture and to this point I've limited myself to single-frame imaging in both the DSO, lunar and planetary realm, I'm very dependent on excellent seeing conditions and less so on post-production here in central Illinois. See, I learned something already!
Thanks again for sharing.
The truth is, IR 742 did the difference, and add that to ASI174MM, i think i killed the quality really good here, seeing for the moon here is so many times great, so i never worry about the moon, i can easily get nice amazing results of the moon from my location, and i am opposite of you, i started with the plan for
My processing isn't anything special, just i capture the video, then play with it through the known apps such as Autostakkert/Registax and finalize it with Photoshop, there is one thing i sometimes use and others don't, i use that sharpen option in Autostakket so i get 2 final files after stacking, one is sharpened and one isn't, sometimes that sharpened one is already amazing so i don't need to much processing or retouch for it, but i give it little punch to make it looks better or sharper as you can see on this image, but i have to tell you, i was just experimenting, i bought 3 ASI cameras so i was playing with them, and that time the moon was just clear as usual so i decided to try this ASI174MM as i bought it last year on
Do your best and keep imaging and practicing, it will help you to improve eventually, and more if the sky is helping, so all what i can tell you is that my results are just like that, varying between good and bad, if it is good then i am happy, if it is bad then i try not repeat it again, but i always put my trust on equipment when many told me it is not about the equipment, so clearly when i depended on my skills i didn't get anything good yet, but i did with my equipment and i started to see results i am happy about, then my skills are improving itself by the equipment i am using anyway, so good luck and clear skies!
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That is really nicely done, thanks for the share!
All the best,
All the best,
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Thank you!
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Thank you very much, Mark!Thefatkitty wrote: ↑Sat Oct 26, 2019 11:55 pm That is really nicely done, thanks for the share!
All the best,
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Beautiful. Love the view of Hadley Rille. If you've never done it, check out the Hassleblad images from Apollo 15 from the lunar surface journal. (That's where I snagged my avatar).
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Thank you very much
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Hello Tareq,
it is the best capture of Moon I can remember to have seen on the forums.
The ejectas (material blown away by the blast) from the craters and behind the mountain ranges, are finest structured.
On a side line for the visual guys and girls,
this contrast I get on my 6"F/ 5 achro with the Pentax SMC XO 2.5 when I mount the narrow passband (540nm) Baader Solar Continuum filter, as the human vision has an enhanced contrast resolution in green.
Thank you very much for sharing,
JG
it is the best capture of Moon I can remember to have seen on the forums.
The ejectas (material blown away by the blast) from the craters and behind the mountain ranges, are finest structured.
On a side line for the visual guys and girls,
this contrast I get on my 6"
Thank you very much for sharing,
JG
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Thank you very much, JGj.gardavsky wrote: ↑Tue Nov 12, 2019 11:01 am Hello Tareq,
it is the best capture of Moon I can remember to have seen on the forums.
The ejectas (material blown away by the blast) from the craters and behind the mountain ranges, are finest structured.
On a side line for the visual guys and girls,
this contrast I get on my 6" F/5 achro with the Pentax SMC XO 2.5 when I mount the narrow passband (540nm) Baader Solar Continuum filter, as the human vision has an enhanced contrast resolution in green.
Thank you very much for sharing,
JG
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I have the same answers as the rest . Its a real great crisp looking image. I love the detail. Images like that are always great to scrutinize.. thanks a lot for posting it . Phill
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Thanks Phil,
Images or results like that are making me to relief and believe that i did the right choices, otherwise i/we keep spending much thinking i may improve something, sometimes it did, but if we get something which is already decent then all what is needed is to make our skills decent too.
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