This single image is the result of stacking and editing about 500 frames (20GB of raw data) taken on 3 April 2025! It took me 30 hours of processing to get the details and colors right.
Normally we see the Moon as gray. Here I intentionally exaggerated the saturation of the lunar seas. The red-pink hues indicate iron oxide and the blue hues represent titanium oxide.
In addition, I was able to show the unilluminated side of the Moon with the HDR technique of stitching together few dozen frames at slower shutter speeds.
Notice the various optical phenomena observed on the photo: rainbow around the Moon due to dispersion, diffraction rays due to the construction of Newtonian telescope.
Equipment: I used an Canon 6D amateur camera, a 2x Barlow lens, a GSO 150/750 reflector telescope and an Arsenal EQ5 mount.
OP you can’t post this without marking it nsfw because this is hot you cooked hard with this and it’s so beautiful thank you for making and sharing!
Ancient-Height843 on
Beautiful pictures. I also checked your Flickr. 😉
Potential_Impress792 on
I am going to spend 10 seconds writing this and stealing this photo
Ma1 on
Can you ELI5 how this works? Are you taking photos of small sections and stitching them together? Are you taking a photo of the whole celestial body at different exposures? I’m a cinematographer so I know cameras, but I never understood how astro-photography uses hundreds of photos to produce an image like this.
Binary_Lover on
20gb of data 😅 here I am stressing out about a gimp project that is exceeds 1gb..
Amazing result OP, so detailed and interesting.
Educational_Quote851 on
WOW. I think this is the clearest shot of the moon I’ve ever seen. Fantastic work!
iuyg88i on
Nice shot!!! Will the colours of iron and titanium ever be visible to naked eye?
ThatAstroGuyNZ on
God this is sick! The way the craters at the divide of light and dark pop is insane
JoelMDM on
The false(ish) color for the mineral deposits is so cool!
Incredible work!
Accomplished_Drop524 on
I just visited Griffith in LA for the first time a few weeks ago. Your shots are better than what I viewed through the telescope for the first time. Awesome work, thank you for this!
hehe_123 on
This is so beautiful. I’ve stared at it for hours! Amazing work, OP!
ImaginaryRepeat548 on
Very nice image. Glad you took the time to create and upload it 👍
noway110 on
That is probably the finest detailed photo of the moon I have ever seen! You can zoom in and the picture remains sharp! Such a great job OP! Thank you for posting this. May I have your permission to use this for my Lock Screen?
salcasms on
Shoot. I knew I left my sidewalk chalk somewhere.
Well done. Gorgeous.
Quokka7926 on
This is so cool!! Thanks for taking the time to put this together and share it with us!
TFT_mom on
This looks amazing, thank you OP for doing this (my lil’ telescope only gets me an inch closer to the Moon 😅).
❤️ hugs from a cloudy part of Europe!
WMind7 on
Op, im curious to know the specs of the pc/laptop used to render/process this. Can you share? I’ve been wanting to get into this hobby.
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This single image is the result of stacking and editing about 500 frames (20GB of raw data) taken on 3 April 2025! It took me 30 hours of processing to get the details and colors right.
Normally we see the Moon as gray. Here I intentionally exaggerated the saturation of the lunar seas. The red-pink hues indicate iron oxide and the blue hues represent titanium oxide.
In addition, I was able to show the unilluminated side of the Moon with the HDR technique of stitching together few dozen frames at slower shutter speeds.
Notice the various optical phenomena observed on the photo: rainbow around the Moon due to dispersion, diffraction rays due to the construction of Newtonian telescope.
Equipment: I used an Canon 6D amateur camera, a 2x Barlow lens, a GSO 150/750 reflector telescope and an Arsenal EQ5 mount.
You can download the full-resolution image for your wallpaper from my [Flickr](https://www.flickr.com/photos/201107309@N04).
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OP you can’t post this without marking it nsfw because this is hot you cooked hard with this and it’s so beautiful thank you for making and sharing!
Beautiful pictures. I also checked your Flickr. 😉
I am going to spend 10 seconds writing this and stealing this photo
Can you ELI5 how this works? Are you taking photos of small sections and stitching them together? Are you taking a photo of the whole celestial body at different exposures? I’m a cinematographer so I know cameras, but I never understood how astro-photography uses hundreds of photos to produce an image like this.
20gb of data 😅 here I am stressing out about a gimp project that is exceeds 1gb..
Amazing result OP, so detailed and interesting.
WOW. I think this is the clearest shot of the moon I’ve ever seen. Fantastic work!
Nice shot!!! Will the colours of iron and titanium ever be visible to naked eye?
God this is sick! The way the craters at the divide of light and dark pop is insane
The false(ish) color for the mineral deposits is so cool!
Incredible work!
I just visited Griffith in LA for the first time a few weeks ago. Your shots are better than what I viewed through the telescope for the first time. Awesome work, thank you for this!
This is so beautiful. I’ve stared at it for hours! Amazing work, OP!
Very nice image. Glad you took the time to create and upload it 👍
That is probably the finest detailed photo of the moon I have ever seen! You can zoom in and the picture remains sharp! Such a great job OP! Thank you for posting this. May I have your permission to use this for my Lock Screen?
Shoot. I knew I left my sidewalk chalk somewhere.
Well done. Gorgeous.
This is so cool!! Thanks for taking the time to put this together and share it with us!
This looks amazing, thank you OP for doing this (my lil’ telescope only gets me an inch closer to the Moon 😅).
❤️ hugs from a cloudy part of Europe!
Op, im curious to know the specs of the pc/laptop used to render/process this. Can you share? I’ve been wanting to get into this hobby.