86% waxing moon, 2 minute mosaic
Posted: Thu Apr 30, 2026 8:37 am
2026-04-27, a 2-panel mosaic, captured at sunset. Total capture time = 2m, high res image https://www.astrobin.com/full/awvady/0/ .
Capture: Sharpcap - 5440×3648, RAW8, gain=200, exposure=6ms, each panel 500 frames @ 9fps.
Processing: BiggSky - autostack 75% & 58% frames, decon (denoise 0/1); Microsoft Image Composite Editor for stitching (create 212Mb TIFF); BiggSky - in Color tab apply saturation of 1.5 and save; GIMP - mild ‘S’ curve, sharpen with UnSharpMask.
Dave
- 2026-04-27-1938_4-Moon1_Stack2_F0375_DeconL_View_16b_stitch_32b_sat15_Color_View_16b_scaled40p.jpg (970.2 KiB) Viewed 161 times
Capture: Sharpcap - 5440×3648, RAW8, gain=200, exposure=6ms, each panel 500 frames @ 9fps.
Processing: BiggSky - autostack 75% & 58% frames, decon (denoise 0/1); Microsoft Image Composite Editor for stitching (create 212Mb TIFF); BiggSky - in Color tab apply saturation of 1.5 and save; GIMP - mild ‘S’ curve, sharpen with UnSharpMask.
Dave