Morning panorama of the Moon in the infrared spectrum.
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
- Date taken
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