Tonight was the first reasonably clear night in a couple weeks. Unfortunately, the Moon is high and very bright so I just got some bright shots of it and Saturn. Unfortunately, before I could do anything else, my telescope dewed up so I had to call it a night. It was actually just a bit too windy to do any deep sky imaging.
The image of the Moon, above, is an Autostitched panorama made from 32 images like this:
I captured each of these frames and then used the free AutoStitch software to put them together. The result is a hyper detailed image of the Moon. If you click on the Moon image, you can then click on all sizes and choose the largest size to see the detail – it’s 3337 pixels on a side, so there’s a ton of stuff to see up close!
I also took this quick shot of Saturn:
Though the evening was a bit frustrating because of the dewing up and some other issues, it was still great to get out with the scope again after a month with only a handful of observations and I’m also really pleased with the big Moon image. I hope to do more of those. Autostitch did a great job.
Beautiful images of the Moon! Really impressive work.
Comment by Troy — April 4, 2009 @ 12:30 am
Good job! What equipment did you use?
Comment by computerphysicslab — April 8, 2009 @ 8:47 am
Thanks – if you click on any of my images, I always have a complete rundown on what equipment/camera etc. on that page.
Comment by Ed — April 8, 2009 @ 2:00 pm
Oh, yes, it’s true. In flickr, it is there … you say you use “Envisage” to stacking. Which software is that?
Thanks in advance.
Comment by computerphysicslab — April 8, 2009 @ 3:51 pm
Envisage is the software from Meade that comes with the DSI cameras and (as far as I know) only works with them and not other stuff. It’s stacking capabilities are not so good for Deep Sky stuff, really any long exposures. For that, I use it to capture the frames, but stack them in something else. But, for short exposures like the Moon or planets, it does a fine job.
Comment by Ed — April 8, 2009 @ 4:20 pm
Ok. Thanks a lot.
Comment by computerphysicslab — April 8, 2009 @ 7:20 pm