Virginia Moon

Well done John. Definitely a keeper there!

Thanks For all the kind comments.


Bernard aka Astronomy Widower, we'll infect you with the astronomy virus yet. Though if Dee hasn't managed to do that yet maybe you're immune.

Wonderful moon image, I look forward to more astro imaging from you.
Perhaps at another Virginia session when darkness falls earlier and dew busting systems will be sought after by all.

Deirdre Kelleghan
Irish Astronomical Society

For anyone interested, I used a slightly different technique when shooting and processing for this image. Each shot I took was at a different shutter speed. Hence the individual frames all had different exposures, bringing more items into detail depending on their distance from the terminator. I will try this technique more scientifically (conciously) next time and maybe I can bring out more detail on the bright limb by adding in a few very short exposures and the longer exposures should see that the terminator is adequately detailed.
For processing all I did was use a panoramic stitch, and as all photos are of the same item it just layered them on top of each other. A bit of levels adjustment and unsharp mask was all that was then required.

Looking good and a good result from a good nights observing.