The Moon at different scales with an SVBONY SV305 and two telescopes

 An SVBONY Full Spectrum SV305 camera (an SV305 manufactured with an optical window in front of the sensor rather than a UV/IR cut filter, which allows the sensor access to a wider range of wavelengths at the red and the blue end of the spectrum; of value for deep sky imaging) was used for these tests. The camera was fitted with a Baader UV/IR cut filter as a soft focus is likely, particularly with a refractor (although a Newtonian should not be affected).

AstroDMx Capture for Linux was used to capture SER files which were then stacked in Autostakkert! and post processed in the Gimp 2.10.

Full details and all of the images can be seen HERE.

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A William Optics ZenithStar 66 SD Apochromatic refractor was used to capture the whole Moon

An 8" Celestron SCT fitted with a 0.6 focal reducer/field flattener was used to capture at an intermediate scale.

The 8" SCT without the focal reducer was used to capture at the highest image scale

Full details and images of other regions of the Moon can be seen HERE.

Steve Wainwright and Nicola Mackin