Half Moon in Hα

[Mike Lewis]

I am the first one to admit that I am not usually overly excited by moon images that include the entire Moon. But I have to say that when shooting the Moon in Hα, I think it helps with the contrast and maybe the seeing a little bit too.

The other night as a test of getting my newly installed OAG focused I was pointing at the moon, and ended up taking this 1 second exposure with my cooled mono astro camera (QHY268M) using a 3nm Hα filter. For a single image I like the results.

ML

 

[AlanLichty]

Very crisp and clean details. I agree that less than a full moon looks more interesting - the surface nearest the shadowed part of the moon shows more relief with the more oblique light angle.

 

[JimFox]

This looks great Mike! That Ha filter really cleared the way to a nice detailed moon.

For the record, I love all of the phases of the moon.

 

[Michael13]

Beautiful - very crisp!

 

[Jameel Hyder]

I like the more subtle tones with this rendering. The sharpness is also more controlled.

 

[Anubis1311]

Looks good! I’ve never thought of shooting the moon in Ha. Looks pretty decent, maybe I’ll give it a try.