This was one of the first ‘Moon’ images that I took through my 200p Dob’scope and certainly the first that I have processed.
Amazing the extra detail that can be brought out with a little bit of processing.
Further improvements – possibly could have used less exposure on the original and the on going learning curve of image processing – never mind the challenges of astrophotography !
Original dated – 2/11/12 (91% visible)
Taken afocal using Panasonic DMC-TZ30 through 200p Dobsonian.
1/80 exposure time, 1 image.
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Processed
Using GIMP
i) Rotated correctly
ii) Used GMIC sharpen(deconvolution)
iii) Tweaked curves and HUE.
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