Reprocessed lunar image

Reprocessed a full disc lunar image from April 20th 2010 and revealed a lot more detail than the original.

Binocular lunar shoot

Not having a telescope with me, at 1630 GMT I took some pictures of the Moon through my binoculars and stacked 10 of them, with the usual processing methods following.

Morning Binocular Scan

Despite a shower since the morning photo of Cassiopeia, it cleared again to reveal  the Sun showing the same sunspot as before.

Cassiopeia in the dawn sky

Finally, some clearish sky. Dawn was just starting to break at 0450 GMT, so I snapped Cassiopeia. It was a “formula” shot composed of 5 frames stacked.

More reworked solar photos

The original photos from April 19^th 2010 didn’t contain much detail. I honestly can’t remember if the Sun was especially quiet that day. Certainly, the original photos seem to suggest so. I was only able to get any significant improvement in 2 of the sets of photos.

Observations from today

Against all odds, it cleared late afternoon to reveal the sunspot to filtered binoculars.

At 1715 GMT I bin scanned a Moon just past first quarter. There was lots of detail along the terminator and the southern craters looked great. Unfortunately, it wasn’t in a good position to photograph.

Another cloudy day but some nice reprocessed shots

It was wet and horrible, so I revisited a solar hydrogen alpha shoot from April 18^th 2010. The original shots were rather bland, as the Sun was quiet on that day. However, the processing techniques I use today showed a rather different Sun and even revealed some faint prominences that I’d missed.