Serenity and Tranquility

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Description:The lunar seas of Serenity and Tranquility. Apollo 11 landed near the small crater midway near the right side of the image.

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Tony Dutton_Serenity and Tranquillity
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Pertinent technical details or techniques: Image taken through telescope at 2000mm focal length. Stack of best images from an astronomical webcam.
Is this a composite? (focus stacks or exposure blends are not considered composites) No

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What amazing detail a telescope will bring out! Is this the technique known as lucky imaging? It is amazing that it can capture detail on Saturn and Jupiter!

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Wow, incredible detail! I don’t know what an astronomical webcam is, but this is just amazing.

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@Diane_Miller @Mark_Muller
Diane, Mark, thanks for your feedback. Yes some people do refer to the technique as lucky imaging despite luck not being part of the process. It involves taking a video sequence and then selecting and combining the best frames (in this case 306 frames out of a video of 3063 frames) that reduces the effect of turbulence in our atmosphere to produce a stacked final image with reduced noise and improved sharpness. An astronomical webcam is simply a video camera / webcam designed to fit into the eyepiece holder of the telescope, although astronomical could also apply to the price.

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That is really interesting…306 frames from a video! Hats off for your technical expertise. Your investment is paying off! :crazy_face: