The Strawberry supermoon – 2021

Image:

Equipment:

  • Nikon D90 (Astro-Mod)
  • Sky-Watcher Star Adventurer
  • Sky-Watcher Tripod
  • Rokinon 135mm f2
  • AF-S NIKKOR 500mm f/5.6E

Acquisition:

  • Taken 6/24/2021 from Sharon CT
  • Taken from a bortle class 2 zone
  • ISO 100, F2.8, 1/320 second
  • 1505 total frames, stacked the best 35%
  • 100 dark frames

Processing:

  • Pre-processed to tif in PIPP
  • Stacked with 1.5x drizzle in Autostakkert
  • Linearfit RGB to get better color in pixinisight
  • SNCR green
  • Sharpened in registax
  • Blended sharpened and unsharpened version to get nice halo in pixinisight
  • invert+sncr to get rid of purple noise
  • curves transformation to up saturation
  • LRGB combo for finishing touches

One thought on “The Strawberry supermoon – 2021”

  1. Gorgeous and so deeply detailed! Vastly different from my cell phone photos of the Strawberry Moon over the lake.

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