QHY5LII-M, 7-panel lunar mosaic

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QHY5LII-M, 7-panel lunar mosaic

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2020-03-29 @ 21:37 BST. High res image here https://www.astrobin.com/x50vgw/
Celestron AVX mount, Celestron C8, Teleskop f6.3 reducer, IR685 filter, QHY5LII-M camera.
7 x 500 frame SER videos @ 29fps, capture time 5 minutes, 4.2Gb data.
1280x960, MONO8, gain=10, exposure=14.5ms.
Stack best 20% in Autostakkert!3, Microsoft Image Composite Editor for stitching, GIMP 2.10 processing.

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Super! You are inspiring me to get into lunar imaging, will have to give it a go :)
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Thanks Minos. Go for it, you know you want too.

The moon is an easy object because it is big and bright. Reality - the moon is a difficult object because it is big and bright.

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Ha! I know you know I know I want to...and I will!
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