Why does the picture of the Moon above have those funky colours? You can’t see them with your eyes, or through the telescope like that, right?
Actually the colours are real – they’ve just been artificially boosted; amplified during processing. In this article, I’m going to show you how to process your lunar images to bring out those colours.
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How to Create a Colour Saturated Moon Photo
RGB Planetary Imaging with a Monochrome Camera
Planetary Imaging is a fast growing field of astrophotography – boosted by tech-savvy amateur astronomers, larger and cheaper (but good quality) telescopes becoming more accessible, and the proliferation of low-cost webcams as imaging devices which can capture up to 60 frames per second (fps) without compression. It’s never been easier to try your hand at [...]
Planetary Imaging and Image Processing
There are many factors that influence high-resolution planetary imaging, the most important in getting any high quality image is the seeing. If the data is great to begin with, then very little processing is actually required to end up with a great image. However most of us don’t have the luxury of imaging in an [...]
Astrophotography with a Dob
Dobsonians are usually purchased for their cheap aperture, quick setup and ease of use for beginners. People don’t buy dobsonians with a plan to doing astrophotography. In fact, i’ve read many times that astrophotography with a dob just can’t be done and that you shouldn’t bother trying. Well i’m here to tell you that it [...]
Partial Solar Eclipse, 7th February 2008
A Solar Eclipse occurs when the Moon passes in front of part or all of the Sun, which casts a shadow over a certain area of the Earth. This can only happen at New Moon, when the Sun, Moon and Earth are in a straight line. A Solar Eclipse doesn’t happen every New Moon though, because the [...]
Cleaning the Mirrors of a Newtonian Telescope
Cleaning the mirrors of a Newtonian telescope is a very dirty and very polarising subject! People are divided into two camps - those who will never clean their mirrors and those who aren’t afraid to do it often, if required. The first group of people will probably tell you that it’s better to have 3 inches [...]
Total Lunar Eclipse, 28th August 2007
A Lunar Eclipse is when the Moon passes into Earth’s shadow. Observers in Australia will be able to view the Total Lunar Eclipse on the 28th August, 2007. The Total Lunar Eclipse on August 28th 2007 will be visible in its entirety for all of Eastern Australia and New Zealand, and will be in progress [...]
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My name is Mike Salway and I'm an amateur astronomer and photographer. I'm the co-founder of IceInSpace, and this is my personal blog site and image gallery.
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