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Morning panorama of the Moon in the infrared spectrum.

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Morning panorama of the Moon in the infrared spectrum.
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Photo description / processing

Morning panorama of the Moon in the infrared spectrum. (First test of the ZWO ASI462MC camera. Shot under poor conditions, seeing was extremely bad, and the recording was done on a laptop with USB 2.0, with the camera delivering a maximum of 20 FPS at full resolution.) Date: 06.05.21 Time: UT +3; 05:35 - 06:18 Location: Mikhailovsk, 5th-floor balcony; Apparent diameter: 30' 29" Magnitude: -9.95 Moon altitude above horizon: 21-26° Azimuth: 135-145° Waning Moon phase: 24.4 days; Illuminated: 27.4% of the visible lunar surface Distance from Earth to Moon: 0.002621 AU (392,157 km) Equipment: Telescope: SW 150/750 EQ5 OnStep Camera: ZWO ASI462MC Filter: ZWO IR PASS 850nm Barlow lens: SW 2x Focal length: 1500 mm 10 clips of 3 minutes each, 3600 frames total. Panorama from 10 segments. Stacking of 400 frames in each stack. Software: FireCapture (Gain - 55, Exposure: 25.68ms, FPS: 19, Resolution: 1936x1096) / AutoStakkert3 / Astra Image 3.0 SI / PIPP / Microsoft ICE / Photoshop CC 2015 Scale: 80%

Technical information

Telescope/Lens
Sky-Watcher 150/750
Camera
ZWO ASI462MC
Mount
Sky-Watcher EQ5 (OnStep)
Accessories
Sky-Watcher 2x Barlow
Software
FireCapture, AutoStakkert!, Astra Image 3.0SI, PIPP, Microsoft ICE, Adobe Photoshop CC 2015
Location
Mikhailovsk, Russia
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