GaryC357 Loc: Petersburg, VA

This is an image I shot of the "Strawberry" Moon back in June.
Astrophotography is a big part of what I like to do, so a number of different processing steps were involved to get this image.

I have one issue with this image that I cant seem to resolve because I deleted my original images that were stacked to create this one image.

If you zoom in, you will see a white "ring" around the moon, especially around the left side. I cant seem to get rid of this. So I'm going to post my "finished" jpg image of the moon as well as png file that was used to make it. If someone here knows how to edit & remove that white ring I would really love to get a corrected copy of the tif or the png file, the tif file is too large to upload.

Thanks!

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jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

Nice shots.

whitewolfowner

What gear are you using to get this shot?

GaryC357 Loc: Petersburg, VA

Shot with a Meade Infinity 102mm Refractor with a Nikon D5300. Aligned in PIPP Stacked in AutoStackert Wavelets adjusted in Registax Final touches in Photoshop.

whitewolfowner

The Meade Infinity series scopes are not APO, so the colors of light do not focus together as well as they do in APO scopes. I suspect that is the cause of the light rings. Very good shot for an achromat.

GaryC357 Loc: Petersburg, VA

Yeah, I thought when I bought that setup a year ago that it would suffice, but I've rapidly learned that its not what I need to do the type of astrophotography I want to do. I was looking at a triplet - way expensive, then started looking at some Explore Scientific doublets. Even with the triplets I found out that you still get some chromatic aberration, so the extra expense to me just didn't seem worth it. I also started looking at the Celestron Edge HD SCT scopes, I think I may go that direction with a 8 inch on an AVX mount for awhile. Each scope type seems to have its advantages/disadvantages depending on whether you're shooting lunar/planetary or DSO's. The SCT seems to be the most flexible option and affordable. Portability is also a concern.

whitewolfowner

I have been looking in the same direction myself. And you are right; each type of scope has its advantages and disadvantages. Have you looked at astrotech? Explore scientific's draw back is that the focuser and everything add on is sub par and needs to be relpaced. By the time you do that, you might as well step up to a Stellarvue.

sailorsmom Loc: Souderton, PA

Good shots, Gary!