Moon 78% Waning

Here is the Moon five days past full, with 78% of its face illuminated.



Exposure  • 50 of 140 12-millisecond "movie" frames captured with ZWO's ASICap software @ approximately 26°C ambient temperature
Processing
Reprocessed February 1, 2021
 • Analysis, frame selection, alignment, stacking in AutoStakkert2
 • Wavelet sharpening in Registax
 • Noise reduction and detail recovery in Topaz DeNoise AI
 • Final tweaking in Photoshop CS6
Date and Location  • September 18, 2019
 • Louisa County, Virginia, USA
Equipment
 • TMB-130SS APO refractor @ f/7 on an A-P 1200 mount
 • ZWO ASI-1600MC Pro color camera


Updated May 23, 2023