Photo credit: Daryavaseum
When you look at pictures of the Moon like this, a giant telescope usually comes to mind. Amateur astrophotographer Darya Kawa Mizra captured this incredibly sharp image of the Moon using a Celestron Nexstar 8SE telescope along with a Canon EOS 1200D camera at prime focus. The colors you see are the minerals reflecting off the surface and were slightly enhanced in post processing.
To create this image, Darya had to stack over 360 RAW images in Photoshop to bring out the details while reducing noise. The blue you see is titanium and the red color is copper with oxygen. If you have a Leica APO-Telyt-R 400mm DSLR lens, even more incredible Moon shots can be taken, including of the International Space Station.
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- 8-INCH SCHMIDT-CASSEGRAIN OPTICS: The large 8" aperture gathers enough light to reveal fine lunar details, cloud bands on Jupiter, and deep-sky...
- FULLY AUTOMATED GoTo MOUNT WITH NEXSTAR+ HAND CONTROL: Use the NexStar+ hand control to select from a 40,000+ object database. The computerized mount...
If you’re not planning on using it for astrophotography and have the space to store it then an 8″ dobsonian is the answer. Its simultaneously user friendly and a great beginner scope while also being powerful enough where seasoned enthusiasts often have the same telescope in their arsenal,” said one commenter.
