A Brief Imaging Session of the Moon and 3 Galaxies

The Moon - nearly full - March 17, 2019

Due to the brightness of the Moon I selected a few galaxies that were sufficiently far away in the sky from the Moon:

M 81, M 82 and tiny NGC 3077 (can you find the smudge?)

Here is the imaging data for the Moon shot:

• Scope: Daystar 500mm f/6
• Camera: Canon T3i unmodded
• Exposure: ISO 100 1/400 sec
• Post-processing programs used:RawTherapee, GIMP, Mac Preview

Here is the imaging data for the three galaxies shot:

• Scope: Daystar 500mm f/6
• Camera: Canon T3i unmodded
• Exposure: ISO 3200 - ave. 15 sec each
• Stacked: 87 frames = about 21 minutes total (plus 4 darks and 3 flats)
• Post-processing programs used:DeepSkyStacker, RawTherapee, GIMP, Mac Preview