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David Hoskin
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
10/04/2023
12:15 am

Equipment Details:

ZWO ASI533MC camera, Celestron XLT150 f/5 reflector, SkyWatcher EQ6R mount

Post-processing Details:

1000 frames of video captured with SharpCap Pro, best 250 frames stacked with Autostakkert, wavelets adjusted with Registax, other post-processing with PhotoShop, PhotoScape X, and MS Photo.

Image Details:

I captured this image of the waning gibbous Moon just after midnight on October 4. This is one of my favorite phases of the Moon because of the striking contrast between the heavily cratered southern highlands and the relatively smooth maria to the north.