Using a legacy CCD webcam with AstroDMx Capture for Linux

A Bresser Messier-AR-102-xs/460 ED, f/4.5 refractor was placed on a Celestron AVX mount and an SPC900NC webcam was placed at the focus. AstroDMx Capture for Linux was used to capture 2000 frame SER files of 4 overlapping areas.

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Screenshot of AstroDMx Capture for Linux capturing lunar data with the SPC900NC webcam

The Best 75% of frames in each SER file were stacked in Autostakkert! and the 4 resulting images were stitched into a 4 pane mosaic with Microsoft ICE. The resulting mosaic was wavelet processed in Registax 6 and post processed in the Gimp 2.10.

85.1% waxing, Gibbous Moon

Steve Wainwright and Nicola Mackin