Sharpcap Long Exposure Tutorial

Scanning the surface of the moon: This is from a moon imaging session I had from July 12. Here is more information on the capture: Imaging Telescope: Celestron NexStar 8SE Mount: Celestron NexStar SE Computerized Alt-Az Mount Imaging Camera: ZWO ASI183MM (non-cooled) Barlow: Astromania - 2" ED 2X Dual Power Telescope Barlow Lens Filter: Astronomik ProPlanet 642 BP IR-Pass Filter - 1.25" Capture Software: SharpCap 3.1 Stacking Software: AutoStakkert Post-Processing: PixInsight | Chuck’s Astrophot

I captured a weird version of the sun Saturday afternoon. I inverted it to see all the little details that are going on with the surface. So in this case, the white areas are actually sunspots. And the filament that looks like it's jettisoning above the surface is hot plasma 4 or 5 Earths wide. Telescope: Explore Scientific AR102 Camera: ZWO ASI174MM Solar Filter: DayStar Quark Chromosphere Mount: Celestron AVX Focuser: Rigel Energy Rejection Filter: Astronomik L1 UV-IR Capture Software: SharpCa

3.2K views · 108 reactions | I pointed my telescope at Mars for 3 hours to capture its rotation. Mars takes a little over 24 hours to fully rotate. Imaging Telescope: Celestron NexStar 8SE Imaging Camera: ZWO ASI224MC Mount: Single Fork Arm Alt-Az / Wedge Barlow Lens: Televue 2X Barlow Filter: Astronomik L Type 2c SharpCap was used to capture all of the data. | Chuck’s Astrophotography | Facebook