Sensor dust on moon shots? (Page 2): :sm24: I agree. Sensor dust will yield gray or black spots, these look like hot pixels.

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

larryepage wrote:

Dust on the sensor should appear as dark spots whe... (show quote)

I agree. Sensor dust will yield gray or black spots, these look like hot pixels.

wbchinook Loc: Everson WA

Thank you everyone. I am going to take a couple of pictures tonight and see if I can find a pattern of bright spots. That would mean some some hot pixels are present. If I find any new information, I will let everyone know.

AirWalter Loc: Tipp City, Ohio

Bill_de wrote:

When you said dark background I didn't realize you were talking about the subject. My bad.

The moon really has a lot of bright spots, not just in you photos. Check this out. Scroll to the 4th picture.

https://www.syfy.com/syfywire/a-bright-spot-on-the-moon

Holy cow - - - when I got to the third picture I immediately thought there was a tiger laying there. Our eyes and minds play tricks on us.

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

wbchinook wrote:

Thank you everyone. I am going to take a couple of pictures tonight and see if I can find a pattern of bright spots. That would mean some some hot pixels are present. If I find any new information, I will let everyone know.

Please do, as many people do not.

Blaster34 Loc: Florida Treasure Coast

wbchinook wrote:

I stepped outside and was surprised to see the moo... (show quote)

I see a few white dots but when expanded, many more....Stars?

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

Blaster34 wrote:

Stars?

No, if you zoom in on the moon there are white dots on the moon.

Blaster34 Loc: Florida Treasure Coast

Longshadow wrote:

No, if you zoom in on the moon there are white dots on the moon.

Thanks LS, I just did and saw that one bright spot at the 1 o'clock position. The photo I took of the Blood Moon the other evening has the stars all over it.

billnikon Loc: Pennsylvania/Ohio/Florida/Maui/Oregon/Vermont

wbchinook wrote:

I stepped outside and was surprised to see the moo... (show quote)

Those are actually reflections from military equipment left on the moon from a secret war that has been raging on the moon for territory to be claimed by Russia, China, and the US.
NO, really, that is dust that can be removed in post.

AirWalter Loc: Tipp City, Ohio

Blaster34 wrote:

Thanks LS, I just did and saw that one bright spot at the 1 o'clock position. The photo I took of the Blood Moon the other evening has the stars all over it.

Well then You have the same problem whatever it is, but it isn't stars.

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

How about hot pixels? Probably not.

https://kenrockwell.com/tech/hot-pixels/index.htm
https://www.premiumbeat.com/blog/what-is-a-hot-pixel-and-how-can-you-remove-one/
https://photographylife.com/dead-vs-stuck-vs-hot-pixels
https://www.nikonimgsupport.com/ni/NI_article?articleNo=000001233&configured=1&lang=en_US

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

jerryc41 wrote:

How about hot pixels? Probably not.

https://kenrockwell.com/tech/hot-pixels/index.htm
https://www.premiumbeat.com/blog/what-is-a-hot-pixel-and-how-can-you-remove-one/
https://photographylife.com/dead-vs-stuck-vs-hot-pixels
https://www.nikonimgsupport.com/ni/NI_article?articleNo=000001233&configured=1&lang=en_US

Okay, stuck pixels then to be technically correct?
But I think most people know to what is being referred.

R.G. Loc: Scotland

The ones that look like #1 on magnification are stuck pixels. The ones that look like #2 (or something similar) on magnification are stars.

PS - Taking an exposure with the lens cap on will show up the hot pixels.

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#1 - Stuck pixel.
#1 - Stuck pixel....

#2 - Star.

Blaster34 Loc: Florida Treasure Coast

AirWalter wrote:

Well then You have the same problem whatever it is, but it isn't stars.

Same problem? A month old camera, sure hope not...I don't see any spots in front of the moon..However, could be wrong, please comment, thanks.

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DirtFarmer Loc: Escaped from the NYC area, back to MA

The bright spots showing on the moon in the second image are due to neutrinos passing through the moon and interacting with your sensor. Some of the other bright spots outside the moon are also due to neutrinos but you can't distinguish them from normal star images.

And while I'm posting here, would anyone like to buy a nice bridge?

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

Blaster34 wrote:

Same problem? A month old camera, sure hope not...

Don't sweat it.

"So, what do you do with dead/stuck/hot pixels if you have them? If you only have one or two dead pixels on your LCD, don’t worry about them – dead pixels are a normal fact of life. Think of it this way – a typical 3 inch LCD from Nikon contains 920,000 pixels. A single dead pixel means 0.0001% failure rate with 99.9999% of good pixels. Unless you have more than 2-3 dead pixels and they are close to each other, I would not worry about them. Plus, those dead pixels on the camera LCD will never show up in your images anyway! The same goes for stuck pixels on the camera LCD – don’t worry about them unless you have too many."

https://photographylife.com/dead-vs-stuck-vs-hot-pixels