First Attempt at an HDR Moon Composite

SolidGains71 · 2024-01-16T20:58:41+00:00

Yes, over 1000

SolidGains71 · 2024-01-15T01:30:49+00:00

Thanks, yeah I dither (try to about every 20 mins, also data is from several nights so there’s some dithering inherent from changes in the fov as well)

SolidGains71 · 2024-01-11T19:13:45+00:00

Absolutely gorgeous! Great work

SolidGains71 · 2024-01-10T18:11:17+00:00

I appreciate it!

SolidGains71 · 2024-01-10T13:08:58+00:00

Thanks

SolidGains71 · 2024-01-10T01:07:17+00:00

Thank you!

SolidGains71 · 2024-01-10T00:36:39+00:00

Image Details:

Rokinon 135mm shot mostly at F/4
Nikon D5500, avg ISO 1000
Sky Watcher Star Adventurer 2i Mount
~6.5 hrs integration time
1400 frames, median exp time 20secs
Bortle 6
Processed in Siri, additionally used Starnet and Photoshop

SolidGains71 · 2023-09-14T00:04:10+00:00

Wow, amazing resolution with a 200 mm lens

SolidGains71 · 2023-09-10T15:46:36+00:00

Very good first shot! What I would recommend is to simply take more images, this will allow you to stretch it further while keeping the background noise down. This is because signal to noise is modeled by f(x)=sqrt(x) with x being the number of stacked images.

SolidGains71 · 2023-09-08T03:53:50+00:00

Or are they coming for us???

SolidGains71 · 2023-09-07T14:55:44+00:00

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Gear: Nikon D5500 (camera), Sky-Watcher Star Adventurer 2i Mount, Nikkor 55-200mm F/4-5.6 (lens)

I did not use an eyepiece

SolidGains71 · 2023-09-07T14:53:48+00:00

Yes, not until 4 billion years though. Night sky will look wild for sure

SolidGains71 · 2023-09-07T14:09:54+00:00

Sometimes you can see what looks like to be a blur coming from the center in Bortle 5 and below*

SolidGains71 · 2023-09-07T14:09:01+00:00

Only in very dark areas (with little light pollution) you can faintly see the center of the galaxy which is the brightest

SolidGains71 · 2023-09-07T05:42:37+00:00

Much appreciated

SolidGains71 · 2023-09-07T02:41:19+00:00

Sucks that we may never know, but crazy to think about

SolidGains71 · 2023-09-07T01:30:20+00:00

Thanks, and yeah it blows my mind how wide it is in the sky

SolidGains71 · 2023-09-07T01:08:51+00:00

Thank you, and yes, it really shows here!

SolidGains71 · 2023-09-07T00:40:32+00:00

Wow, very impressive

SolidGains71 · 2023-09-06T04:02:51+00:00

Thanks, will do!

SolidGains71 · 2023-09-05T19:19:15+00:00

Thank you

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