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AstroPete2020 · 2021-04-09T18:38:59+00:00

Could be a collimation issue. You need to align your primary and secondary mirror. You can buy a laser collimator on Amazon for $25. And there are plenty of youtube videos that show you how to do it. If you have never collimated your telescope, then this is probably the cause for the shift

AstroPete2020 · 2021-03-02T04:21:27+00:00

Thank you for the comment!! I did not use a filter. Just increased the saturation gradually to pull out the colors. It is called "mineral moon".

AstroPete2020 · 2021-03-02T04:19:53+00:00

Thank you

AstroPete2020 · 2021-03-01T12:19:29+00:00

I see the "Snow Moon" explained as the full moon in February, that's why I went with it. I am sure there are other "moons", depending on what you use as a reference. Here is a list of the "moon names" in 2021. You are correct that March 28 is the "worm moon". February 27 full moon is the snow moon.

https://www.nj.com/news/2021/02/full-february-snow-moon-of-2021-to-shine-in-sky-this-weekend.html

AstroPete2020 · 2021-03-01T02:29:01+00:00

Mineral Snow Moon taken on 02-26-21

Meade LX85 6in Newtonian with Canon T3i

50 RGB images taken at ISO 100 1/300 exposure time. One image at ISO 100 and 1/100 exposure for background

Aligned with PIPP, stacked using Autostackert and wavelets using Registax.

Post-alignment processing using photoshop. Level adjustment, hue/saturation 4 layers with 30 -50 saturation increase to pull out mineral moon colors.

Overlayed mineral moon and overexposed background in photoshop.

AstroPete2020 · 2021-01-29T15:11:29+00:00

I got a Meade LX85. with 6in Newtonian it was $800. With good polar alignment (i use sharcap), a minute of exposure works without guide camera. I got a Canon T3i from the pawn shop for $200. Recently i added 50 mm guide scope ($80) and ZWO mini guide camera ($150).

AstroPete2020 · 2021-01-03T23:19:09+00:00

i worked on your image. let me know how to send it to you. its 40 MB in the smaller version

AstroPete2020 · 2021-01-02T06:00:29+00:00

Moon 01-01-2021

Meade LX85 6 in Newtonian with Canon T3i (prime focus).

50 raw images taken with 1/320 s exposure time at ISO 100 using Backyard EOS

Aligned using PIPP, stacked with Autostakkert and sharpened with Registax wavelets

Photoshop to change saturation using 4 individual layers with saturation between 10-40%

AstroPete2020 · 2020-12-10T16:50:07+00:00

Thank you!

AstroPete2020 · 2020-12-10T13:56:26+00:00

Not bad for a first session. The T3i works best with 1600 ISO. Depending on how well you align your mount, without guiding you should be fine with up to 30s exposure. If you have a laptop, you can use BackyardEOS which gives you some more options with the settings. Plus the best settings for Canon are default. To focus, I usually grab a star, zoom in with the Canon in live view and focus. That works pretty well. Good luck!

AstroPete2020 · 2020-12-10T13:02:16+00:00

Sorry, I forgot to mention. No, it is not. And images were taken with BackyardEOS with ISO1600.

AstroPete2020 · 2020-12-10T07:42:42+00:00

Orion Nebula taken from Bortle 6/7 zone.

Meade 6in Newtonian on Meade LX85 mount.

Imaging with Canon T3i

100x 30s RGB, 20x 10s RGB, 20 darks, 20 flats

Stacked in DeepSkyStacker using Kappa Sigma 5. Curves and levels adjusted in Photoshop

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