Uploads from Julian Cooper, tagged luna

Clouded evening Moon 20.28 UT 19 June 2013

nobody@flickr.com (Julian Cooper) — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 15:28:01 -0700

Composite image. 40 shots (1/250s ISO 100) of the evening Moon aligned and stacked in Photoshop (Mean stack mode). Wavelet sharpening in Registax. Blended back with frame including cloud in Photoshop. Sky-Watcher 150P Newtonian. EQ3-2 mount.

Evening clouded Moon 13 June 2013

nobody@flickr.com (Julian Cooper) — Thu, 13 Jun 2013 15:32:45 -0700

Julian Cooper posted a photo:

33 shots (1/160s ISO 100) of the evening Moon aligned and stacked in Photoshop (Mean stack mode). Wavelet sharpening in Registax. Aligned and blended back with frame including cloud in Photoshop. Sky-Watcher 150P Newtonian. EQ3-2 mount.

Daytime waning crescent Moon 4 June 2013

nobody@flickr.com (Julian Cooper) — Tue, 04 Jun 2013 11:26:42 -0700

Julian Cooper posted a photo:

Composite image. 21 usable shots (1/800s ISO 100) of the daytime Moon aligned and stacked in Photoshop (Mean stack mode). Wavelet sharpening in Registax. Blended back with frame including cloud in Photoshop. Sky-Watcher 150P Newtonian. EQ3-2 mount.

Clouded daytime Moon 07.14 UT 2 June 2013

nobody@flickr.com (Julian Cooper) — Sun, 02 Jun 2013 10:43:27 -0700

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Clouded daytime Moon 07.14 UT 2 June 2013

nobody@flickr.com (Julian Cooper) — Sun, 02 Jun 2013 10:43:28 -0700

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Clouded daytime waning crescent Moon 07.29 UT 1 June 2013

nobody@flickr.com (Julian Cooper) — Sat, 01 Jun 2013 04:41:05 -0700

Julian Cooper posted a photo:

41 shots (1/320s ISO 100) of the daytime Moon aligned and stacked in Photoshop (Mean stack mode). Wavelet sharpening in Registax. Aligned and blended back with frame including cloud in Photoshop. Sky-Watcher 150P Newtonian. EQ3-2 mount.

Waxing gibbous Moon 21 May 2013

nobody@flickr.com (Julian Cooper) — Tue, 21 May 2013 15:38:14 -0700

Julian Cooper posted a photo:

Stack of 40 individual DSLR shots. Sky-Watcher 150P Newtonian. Prime focus, Baader Neodymium filter. PIPP > Registax > Photoshop with colour blend layer from individual raw frame

Clouded daytime last quarter Moon 2 May 2013 [Explored]

nobody@flickr.com (Julian Cooper) — Thu, 02 May 2013 03:31:43 -0700

Julian Cooper posted a photo:

Composite image. 40 shots (1/500s ISO 100) of the daytime Moon aligned and stacked in Photoshop (Mean stack mode). Wavelet sharpening in Registax. Blended back with frame including cloud in Photoshop. Sky-Watcher 150P Newtonian. EQ3-2 mount. Not easy to find any cloud today!

Waxing gibbous Moon 23 April 2013 [Explored]

nobody@flickr.com (Julian Cooper) — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 16:16:08 -0700

Julian Cooper posted a photo:

Stack of 40 individual DSLR shots. Sky-Watcher 150P Newtonian. Prime focus, Baader Neodymium filter. PIPP > Registax > Photoshop with colour blend layer from individual raw frame

Waxing gibbous Moon 20 April 2013

nobody@flickr.com (Julian Cooper) — Sun, 21 Apr 2013 14:51:10 -0700

Julian Cooper posted a photo:

Stack of 40 individual DSLR shots. Sky-Watcher 150P Newtonian. Prime focus, Baader Neodymium filter. PIPP > Registax > Photoshop with colour blend layer from individual raw frame

Northern region of the Moon showing the crater Peary 19 April 2013

nobody@flickr.com (Julian Cooper) — Sat, 20 Apr 2013 15:12:03 -0700

Julian Cooper posted a photo:

TIS DFK 21AU618.AS camera, 2.5x Powermate. Sky-Watcher 150P Explorer Newtonian. 1 minutes capture @30 fps > IC.Capture > Registax > Photoshop.

The crater Peary is the closest large crater to the lunar north pole. More visible on this image than is often the case because of favourable libration—the "wobble" in the Moon's orbit.

Plato region of the Moon 19 April 2013

nobody@flickr.com (Julian Cooper) — Sat, 20 Apr 2013 15:12:04 -0700

Julian Cooper posted a photo:

TIS DFK 21AU618.AS camera, 2.5x Powermate. Sky-Watcher 150P Explorer Newtonian. 1 minutes capture @30 fps > IC.Capture > Registax > Photoshop.

7 pane Mosaic of southern lunar highlands 19 April 2013

nobody@flickr.com (Julian Cooper) — Sat, 20 Apr 2013 15:12:04 -0700

Julian Cooper posted a photo:

Each pane TIS DFK 21AU618.AS camera, 2.5x Powermate. Sky-Watcher 150P Explorer Newtonian. 45s capture @30 fps > IC.Capture > AviStack 2 > Microsoft ICE > Registax > Photoshop. Colour blend layer from DSLR RAW frame

Waxing gibbous Moon 19 April 2013

nobody@flickr.com (Julian Cooper) — Sat, 20 Apr 2013 03:36:04 -0700

Julian Cooper posted a photo:

Stack of 30 individual DSLR shots. Sky-Watcher 150P Newtonian. Prime focus, Baader Neodymium filter. PIPP > Registax > Photoshop with colour blend layer from individual raw frame

Eratosthenes to Copernicus 19 April 2013

nobody@flickr.com (Julian Cooper) — Sat, 20 Apr 2013 03:36:04 -0700

Julian Cooper posted a photo:

TIS DFK 21AU618.AS camera, 2.5x Powermate. Sky-Watcher 150P Explorer Newtonian. 1 minutes capture @30 fps > IC.Capture > Registax > Photoshop.

Montes Apenninus, Archimedes and Rima Hadley 19 April 2013

nobody@flickr.com (Julian Cooper) — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 15:52:41 -0700

Julian Cooper posted a photo:

TIS DFK 21AU618.AS camera, 2.5x Powermate. Sky-Watcher 150P Explorer Newtonian. 1 minutes capture @30 fps > IC.Capture > Registax > Photoshop.

Waxing crescent Moon 16 April 2013 2052 UT

nobody@flickr.com (Julian Cooper) — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 08:20:14 -0700

Julian Cooper posted a photo:

Stack of 30 individual DSLR shots. Sky-Watcher 150P Newtonian. Prime focus, Baader Neodymium filter.

HDR fusion of waxing crescent Moon with earthshine 16 April 2013 2052 UT

nobody@flickr.com (Julian Cooper) — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 14:13:44 -0700

Julian Cooper posted a photo:

9 Exposure fusion (1/40s, 1/20s, 1/10s, 1/5s, 4/10s, 8/10s, 1.6s, 3.2s, 6s) in Photomatix Pro then processed further in Photoshop. Canon EOS450D DSLR, Sky-Watcher 150P Newtonian scope, prime focus on EQ3-2 mount. Baader Neodymium filter

Waxing crescent Moon 17 March 2013

nobody@flickr.com (Julian Cooper) — Sun, 17 Mar 2013 16:08:53 -0700

Julian Cooper posted a photo:

42 stacked DSLR shots (PIPP > Registax > Photoshop). Sky-Watcher 150P Newtonian. EQ3-2 mount. Prime focus; 2" Baader Neodymium filter. Colour blend layer from saturated, softened raw DSLR frame.

First quarter Moon with Lunar X and Lunar V 17 February 2013

nobody@flickr.com (Julian Cooper) — Mon, 18 Feb 2013 14:11:13 -0800

Julian Cooper posted a photo:

Canon 450D DSLR. Sky-Watcher 150) Newtonian on EQ3-2 mount. 2.5x Powermate. 20x 1/30s exposures ISO100 stacked in each of 3 panes. Stacking and alignment in Registax; stitching in Microsoft ICE; wavelets in Registax. Final processing in Photoshop with colour blend layer applied from a separate DSLR raw image with boosted saturation