Schurs Astrophotography

First Quarter Moon with the
Orion 10" f/3.9 Newtonian Astrograph
July 12, 2016
Uploaded 8/28/16

Note: Conventional usage of South is up in all images, more info below.
 Seeing was about 2/5 on
            this night, which is average for Payson. This means I could just
            barely use the 5x powermate with the 10 inch, the trick here
            was to use only the best 25 frames out of 1200 taken to keep
            the images sharp as possible at a reasonably low noise level.
            The DMK51 I used here has the lowest ambient noise in the industry,
            and is perfect for planetary and lunar shots.

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Processing:
            25/1200 best frames, alignment in Autostakkert, USM, Levels and
            Contrast Masking In Photoshop CS2 and Image J.
Instrument:  Orion (GSO) 10" f/3.9 with 5x Powermate
Platform:  Astrophysics AP1200
CCD Camera:  Image Source DMK 51
Filter:  Orion IR Pass
Exposure:  1/30 sec  12fps
Location:  Payson, Arizona
Elevation:  5150 ft.
Sky:  Seeing 4/5, Transparency 7/10
Outside Temperature:  55F