Observation by Dawson: Full Moon mosaic

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Dawson

Observer

Dawson

Observed

2026 Jan 03 - 18:25

Uploaded

2026 Jan 03 - 20:59

Objects

The Moon

Equipment
  • C14
  • 0.63x reducer
  • ASI ZWO 2600MM
Location

Nottingham

Target name

Moon

Title

Full Moon mosaic

About this image

Six panel mosaic of the 'wolf' Moon, 99.7% illuminated. 2x2 binning, 33fps, 3000 frames captured in SharpCap, best 60% stacked and sharpened in AutoStakkert!4, six panels stitched in automatic mode in Microsoft ICE, levels and curves adjusted in Fast Stone Image Viewer. Not the best time to image the Moon as everything is so bright and burnt out, but I was polar aligning the mount and thought I should use the opportunity to image something. The rays show up nicely and adjusting the contrast has allowed the mare and highlights to be well differentiated. 

 

[ZWO ASI2600MM Pro]

CameraSerialNumber=3B16501321020900

FrameType=Light

Pan=0

Tilt=0

Output Format=SER file (*.ser)(Auto)

Binning=2

Capture Area=6240x4176

Colour Space=MONO8

Exposure/Gain Shift=0

Hardware Binning=On

High Speed Mode=On

Turbo USB=100

Flip=None

Frame Rate Limit=Maximum

Gain=123

Exposure=0.8430ms

Timestamp Frames=On

Brightness=1

Window Heater Power=On

Fan Speed=255

Cooler Power=27

Temperature=-9.8

Target Temperature=-10

Cooler=On

Auto Exp Max Gain=337

Auto Exp Max Exp MS=30000

Auto Exp Target Brightness=100

Power Led Bright=147

Usb Hub Reset=On

CA Reduction/Synthetic Blue=Off

Mask over exposed pixels=Off

Flip (after dark/flat)=None

Trail Width=3

Minimum Trail Length=100

Trail Detection Sensitivity=9

Remove Satellite Trails=Off

Background Subtraction=Off

Planet/Disk Stabilization=Off

Banding Threshold=10

Banding Suppression=0

Apply Flat=None

Dark Scaling (Experimental)=Off

Hot Pixel Sensitivity=5

Subtract Dark=None

DisplayStretchEnable=1

NegativeDisplay=0

Display Black Point=0

Display MidTone Point=0.5

Display White Point=1

Notes=

TimeStamp=2026-01-03T18:23:17.6830340Z

SharpCapVersion=4.1.13800.0

StartCapture=2026-01-03T18:23:17.6857412Z

MidCapture=2026-01-03T18:24:02.2260727Z

EndCapture=2026-01-03T18:24:46.7664042Z

JDStartCapture=2461044.266177

JDMidCapture=2461044.266692

JDEndCapture=2461044.267208

Duration=89.081s

FrameCount=2997

ActualFrameRate=33.6437fps

TimeZone=+0.00

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