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Captured April 2020, ~75% waxing moon. Captured around 23:30.
A chance to have a look at waveSharp - the successor to Registax.
See https://github.com/CorBer/waveSharp/rel ... g/v1.0beta for download & documentation.

Celestron AVX Mount, Celestron C8 SCT, UV/IR cut filter, QHY5LII-M camera, JMI motorised focuser.
1280x960, MONO8, SER, exposure=10-15ms, gain=10.
Sharpcap 3, Autostakkert!3, waveSharp 1.0 beta.
Stack best 50% of 2000 frames with drizzle 1.5. waveSharp using Bilateral filter (5.0,500)

Clavius


Copernicus


Apennines


Plato


waveSharp sharpen/denoise & main menu


waveSharp Region of Interest - sharpen small area to speed adjustments
waveSharp RGB balance/histogram/gamma


waveSharp batch processing - load files and process all at once with same settings. This is how the above were produced.
Note the ability to create animated GIFs


Dave

Amazed at how you picked up Hadley rille so clearly! (Apollo 15 landing site)
Great work, Dave.

Brian

Thanks Brian. Lucky imaging .....

Dave

These are some images of the steps in the capture session.


Land based object focused using scope/camera. Finder scope aligned on same object.

Highlight over exposed (see black areas) and step down exposure until the black disappears.


'Zoom' set to 150% for detailed focus.


Capture in progress. Histogram at ~60% saturation.


Note the different histogram shape for full surface v black sky area in the image.
Dave

Hi Dave,

nice images - some very good detail and the sharpening/processing look to be spot on to me - giving a natural but crisp/sharp look.

cheers,

Robin

Thanks Robin. I must have had good conditions that night.

It has taken some effort and time (years) to get to this stage. Some of the factors contributing to the images are:

• The QHY5LII-M and UV/IR filter work well together.

• The Celestron C8 seems to do well.

• Hands-off motorised focusing gives better results, quickly.

• Use of the Highlight Over Exposed and stepping back the exposure before capture.

• Set Zoom to 150% helps get a good focus.

• Drizzle 1.5 in Autostakkert works well with the QHY5LII-M.

I am getting used to waveSharp (more hours spent learning). https://github.com/CorBer/waveSharp/rel ... g/v1.0beta goes to the latest beta (link valid at Feb 2 2024). Here you will find the software, a pdf describing the interface and functions plus a link to a document describing Denoise using FastFourierTransform.

Dave