[az-astroimaging] Re: The Moon Imaged in Narrow Band
- From: Albert Barr <ajbarr@xxxxxx>
- To: "az-astroimaging@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <az-astroimaging@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 07 Nov 2014 15:09:11 -0700
Lol thanks Tim.
> On Nov 7, 2014, at 2:51 PM, Tim Jones <timj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> 15 year old Tim takes over conversation -
>
> Dude! that’s the most incredible shot of the Moon that I have ever seen.
> Totally gnarly!
>
> In a more mature tone -
>
> Fantastic shot, Albert!
>
> Tim
>
>> On Nov 7, 2014, at 2:40 PM, Albert Barr <ajbarr@xxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> I was reading in the PixInsight Forum about a very interesting technique to
>> image the moon with narrow band filters because it’s virtually impossible to
>> do with LRGB filters. Way too much signal.
>>
>> The guy who was writing this also used an FSQ 106 and I was really impressed
>> with what he did. Last night was a full moon so I did 40, .06 second subs
>> each of OIII and SII on the moon and calibrated everything with flats, darks
>> and biases.
>>
>> Then I took the data into PixInsight, used deconvolution and drizzle and
>> when I was done with the mono files I used Pixel Math to create an RGB file
>> similar to a bi color using OIII for an artificial green. I then pulled out
>> the luminance and spent a lot of time trying to get as much detail as
>> possible. I put the processed luminance data back and created a new LRGB.
>>
>> I was really trying to push the detail so it may be a bit much for some of
>> you but I really am amazed that I could actually get a decent color image of
>> the moon using narrow band filters. Looks better on a computer than a phone
>> :)
>>
>> Albert
>>
>>
>>
>> https://www.flickr.com/photos/49526053@N04/15115166073/in/photostream/lightbox/
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