95 percent Mineral Moon October 2018

95% Mineral Moon, 10 2018

Moon

A photograph taken with a Nikon D810A and processed in a specific way to highlight the various minerals of the moon.

Tech Card

Date / Location

October 2018, GMT+0, Bedworth, United Kingdom, TEMP: 7C, Bortle Class 5 ~SGM: 19.57 mag./arc sec2

Equipment

Camera: Nikon D810A

Imaging Telescope: Takahashi FS-60CB

Correcting Lens: Takahashi 1.7x Extender CQ (composite focal length at 600mm and focal ratio at f/10)

Mounts: Gitzo GT5542LS, Gitzo 2 way head, series 1

Image Quality

14 bit RAW (NEF)

Exposure time per image / number of composites and sensitivity

ISO 200 58 x 1/200s subs

Calibration Frames

16 Darks, 16 Bias, 16 Flats

Software

PixInsight 1.8 Core

Photoshop

DEEP SKY

Deep Sky photographs

STARSCAPE

Starscape photographs

SOLAR SYSTEM

Solar system photographs

EVENTS

Various astronomical events photographs