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This High-Res Moon Photo Was Made by a Self-Taught Astrophotographer
PetaPixel ^ | May 4, 2015 | Michael Zhang

Posted on 05/04/2015 11:40:20 AM PDT by Heartlander

This High-Res Moon Photo Was Made by a Self-Taught Astrophotographer

 

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It’s amazing the kinds of space photos that amateur photographers can create from their own backyards these days. Case in point: the high-resolution moon photo above was captured last week by Polish photographer Bartosz Wojczyński. It was stitched together using 32000 separate photos.

Wojczyński tells us that he used “advanced image acquisition and processing techniques,” mapping violet and infrared images of the moon to blue and red channels in the final shot.

It took him about 28 minutes to shoot 32000 photos weighing 73.5 gigabytes using his ZWO ASI174MM monochrome camera, a couple of filters, his Sky-Watcher HEQ5 mount, and his Celestron C9.25 telescope (which is equivalent to a 2350mm f/10 camera lens) — equipment that cost him about $3500 total.

The photography was done from the balcony of his apartment in Piekary Śląskie, Poland:

The equipment a few hours prior to when the photos were shot.

The equipment a few hours prior to when the photos were shot.

After the thousands of images were captured, Wojczyński spent 5-6 hours processing and stitching the images together into the 14 megapixel final image. Click here to see the original image in all its full-res glory. Here are some crops showing the details of the photo:

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“Thanks to the enhanced coloration, it’s possible to examine the differences in the chemical composition of the lunar surface,” Wojczyński tells us. “For example, the bluish tint of several areas indicates a titanium-rich soil.”


P.S. Wojczyński is the same photographer that made the six-hour exposure of the celestial north pole that we featured last month.


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To: TigersEye
Those can’t all be by accident. Somebody’s shooting at us!


41 posted on 05/04/2015 4:38:54 PM PDT by Talisker (One who commands, must obey.)
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To: Talisker

I am thinking a space war. An orbital bombardment that wiped out the the colony here on Earth. They were much like us according to some photo dug up in an underground chamber. Ignore the picture title. Just a cover up from those who want to keep us in the dark......
https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8311/8072499628_73d274b683_b.jpg


42 posted on 05/04/2015 5:08:42 PM PDT by minnesota_bound
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To: Heartlander

Amazing. Thanks for posting this.

L


43 posted on 05/04/2015 5:10:07 PM PDT by Lurker (Violence is rarely the answer. But when it is it is the only answer.)
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To: null and void; Lazamataz
Is this how the Laz would hit it??
44 posted on 05/04/2015 5:15:34 PM PDT by wyokostur
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To: Talisker

0bama: “They’re just random rocks floating through space. The atmosphere is our real enemy.”


45 posted on 05/04/2015 5:32:38 PM PDT by TigersEye (STONE COLD ZOMBIE SCOURGE)
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To: Heartlander
Case in point: the high-resolution moon photo above was captured last week by Polish photographer Bartosz Wojczyński. It was stitched together using 32000 separate photos.

Somebody needs a hobby.

Oh, wait.

46 posted on 05/04/2015 5:37:05 PM PDT by Lazamataz (Jeb Bush makes John McCain look like Barry Goldwater.)
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