A series of short exposures combined in Deep Sky Stacker using a maximum pixel value to create an apparent long exposure without burning out foreground features. The green leaf pattern on the observatory is from the lights across the street…
I recently took delivery on a long awaited Apogee A694 CCD Camera. This camera uses the Sony ICX694AGL Chip which sports 4.54 x 4.54 micron sized pixels with a high peak QE of 77% and low read noise / dark…
These two shots were taken within half an hour of each other on the same night. Note the differences in the shadows as they stretch across the lunar surface.