Comments on: Moon on Dec 30 http://www.raben.com/weblog/2006/12/31/moon-on-dec-30/ Occasional observations about astronomy, astrophotography, and software Mon, 01 Dec 2008 20:20:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 By: Vern http://www.raben.com/weblog/2006/12/31/moon-on-dec-30/#comment-38458 Vern Fri, 21 Dec 2007 22:07:23 +0000 http://www.raben.com/weblog/2006/12/31/moon-on-dec-30/#comment-38458 I don't have any photos of the moon on that particular date. However, on the evening of Nov 3, 2006, the Moon was approximately 13 days after new and 97% illuminated, in other words about one day before full moon. It would have appeared very similar to this one <a href="http://www.raben.com/weblog/2005/12/13/moon-on-dec-14-2005/" rel="nofollow">Dec 14,2005</a> Vern I don’t have any photos of the moon on that particular date. However, on the evening of Nov 3, 2006, the Moon was approximately 13 days after new and 97% illuminated, in other words about one day before full moon. It would have appeared very similar to this one
Dec 14,2005

Vern

]]> By: elena http://www.raben.com/weblog/2006/12/31/moon-on-dec-30/#comment-38451 elena Fri, 21 Dec 2007 21:19:21 +0000 http://www.raben.com/weblog/2006/12/31/moon-on-dec-30/#comment-38451 hi, i'm looking for photos of the moon from november 3, 2006. something life changing happened to me on that evening and i'm hoping to capture it with a beautiful photo of the moon and thought you may be able to help. i appreciate your time and photos! thanks... elena hi,
i’m looking for photos of the moon from november 3, 2006. something life changing happened to me on that evening and i’m hoping to capture it with a beautiful photo of the moon and thought you may be able to help. i appreciate your time and photos! thanks…
elena

]]> By: Vern http://www.raben.com/weblog/2006/12/31/moon-on-dec-30/#comment-34972 Vern Sat, 01 Dec 2007 01:10:21 +0000 http://www.raben.com/weblog/2006/12/31/moon-on-dec-30/#comment-34972 To get rid of noise present in low light images, the best way is to stack multiple images, 15 or more. Download and install the Registax4 application from http://www.astronomie.be/registax/. I convert to bmp or png first with Photoshop and then stack them with Registax4. If your computer has lots of memory (1 GB+), you should be able to stack even the huge images that the Xti produces. For exposures longer than 30 sec you need to purchase a remote shutter release or make your own. Also, the Canon TC80N3 timer remote control cable can be patched to work with the Xti -- the connector isn't correct but it can be replaced with a radioshack minijack. Visit some online groups like http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/digital_astro/ for some howto advise and examples of what others are doing. Vern To get rid of noise present in low light images, the best way is to stack multiple images, 15 or more. Download and install the Registax4 application from http://www.astronomie.be/registax/. I convert to bmp or png first with Photoshop and then stack them with Registax4. If your computer has lots of memory (1 GB+), you should be able to stack even the huge images that the Xti produces.

For exposures longer than 30 sec you need to purchase a remote shutter release or make your own. Also, the Canon TC80N3 timer remote control cable can be patched to work with the Xti — the connector isn’t correct but it can be replaced with a radioshack minijack. Visit some online groups like http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/digital_astro/ for some howto advise and examples of what others are doing.

Vern

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