Full Moon, 127 MAK + QHY5LII-M, 10,000 frames

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turfpit
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Full Moon, 127 MAK + QHY5LII-M, 10,000 frames

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Full moon, intermittent cloud.
Equipment: Celestron AVX mount, Skywatcher 127 MAK, Wratten #25 (red) filter, TS 0.5x reducer, QHY5LII-M
Capture: SharpCap 3.2. 10,000 @ 55 fps, 800x600, SER, MONO8
Processing: Autostakkert!3 best 20% of 10,000. Gimp 2.10 to process _conv (AS!3 sharpened) file.

127MAK_QHY5LII-M_IR685_10000frames_55fps_800x600.jpg
127MAK_QHY5LII-M_IR685_10000frames_55fps_800x600.jpg (221.96 KiB) Viewed 1186 times

capture-in-progress.JPG
capture-in-progress.JPG (73.11 KiB) Viewed 1186 times

SER-Player.JPG
SER-Player.JPG (50.8 KiB) Viewed 1186 times

Autostakkert3-quality-graph.JPG
Autostakkert3-quality-graph.JPG (16.27 KiB) Viewed 1186 times

Dave

[QHY5LII-M]
Output Format=SER file (*.ser)
Binning=1x1
Capture Area=800x600
Colour Space=MONO8
Pan=240
Tilt=180
Force Still Mode=Off
Enable Live Broadcast=Off
USB Traffic=0
Speed=2
Offset=1
Amp Noise Reduction=On
Frame Rate Limit=Maximum
Gain=10
Exposure=0.287741656125882
Timestamp Frames=Off
Contrast=0
Brightness=0
Gamma=1
Banding Threshold=35
Banding Suppression=0
Apply Flat=None
Subtract Dark=None
#Black Point
Display Black Point=0
#MidTone Point
Display MidTone Point=0.5
#White Point
Display White Point=1
TimeStamp=2019-10-13T22:15:48.7387555Z
SharpCapVersion=3.2.6117.0
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Re: Full Moon, 127 MAK + QHY5LII-M, 10,000 frames

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Very cool, Dave. Beautiful views.

Regards,
Bruce
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Re: Full Moon, 127 MAK + QHY5LII-M, 10,000 frames

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Thanks Bruce. I did try with my IR685 filter but the red filter seemed to cope better with the atmospheric conditions at the time.

Dave
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