Observation by Dawson: Petavius and surroundings

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Dawson

Observer

Dawson

Observed

2026 Mar 21 - 18:34

Uploaded

2026 Mar 22 - 20:57

Objects

The Moon

Equipment
  • C14
  • ASI ZWO 2600MM
  • 2.5x PowerMate
  • ProPlanet 807nm filter
Location

Nottingham

Target name

Petavius, Humboldt

Title

Petavius and surroundings

About this image

Three day old moon, 9.4% illuminated. Petavius in the foreground, one of my favourite craters, and Humboldt towards the limb. The ProPlanet 807nm filter cuts down the incoming light significantly so exposure times and frames rates are slow, and I ended up with very little data to stack. Best 5% of 2000 frames stacked in AutoStakkert and sharpened in WaveSharp. Levels curves and other illumination done in FastStone Image Viewer.

[ZWO ASI2600MM Pro]

CameraSerialNumber=3B16501321020900

FrameType=Light

Pan=0

Tilt=0

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

Binning=1

Capture Area=6248x1918

Colour Space=MONO16

Exposure/Gain Shift=0

Hardware Binning=On

High Speed Mode=On

Turbo USB=100

Flip=None

Frame Rate Limit=Maximum

Gain=423

Exposure=30.5030ms

Timestamp Frames=On

Brightness=1

Window Heater Power=On

Fan Speed=255

Cooler Power=34

Temperature=0.1

Target Temperature=0

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=2026-03-21T18:34:08.4008262Z

SharpCapVersion=4.1.14136.0

StartCapture=2026-03-21T18:34:08.4329045Z

MidCapture=2026-03-21T18:35:09.7847251Z

EndCapture=2026-03-21T18:36:11.1365458Z

JDStartCapture=2461121.273709

JDMidCapture=2461121.274419

JDEndCapture=2461121.275129

Duration=122.704s

FrameCount=2000

ActualFrameRate=16.2994fps

TimeZone=+0.00

 

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