Moon
Rich Addis, Wallasey, Merseyside, 21 March 2021
Rich says: “This half Moon was the highest of the year and I didn’t want to miss the opportunity once the clouds had cleared. The air was so still and crisp, so I set out to shoot close-up panels. The image is 12 panels, each of 640 frames stacked, and then the panels stitched together manually in Photoshop.”
Equipment: ZWO ASI 120MC colour camera, Celestron NexStar 6SE Schmidt-Cassegrain Exposure: 2.70ms, gain 50 Software: FireCapture, AutoStakkert!, Lightroom, Photoshop
Rich’s top tips: “I prefer to shoot close-up detail and move around the surface capturing each area separately. This allows sharper detail and better focus, but it can be easy to miss a patch. When making a mosaic image like this, make sure you zig-zag…
