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Fred Danowski has been using his 8-inch and 10-inch scopes to capture some excellent images of the Moon and planets. Here are some of the results. Below each image are details about his equipment and processing methods.

Moon

12/2/2022, Acquired via FireCapture, @ 35fps.

Equipment: 8″ Orion XT8 Plus, ZWO ASI178MM, QHYCCD IR-cut filter

Processed via: PIPP, Autostakkert, ImPPG for deconvolution magic, finishing touches in GIMP, Topaz (DeNoise, Sharpen, Gigapixel)

Jupiter

11/26/2022, Captured three videos via FireCapture @ 35fps, Shutter 1.0ms, Gain 356

Equipment: 8″ Orion XT8 Plus, QHY5III462C, ZWO ADC, Baader 2.25x Barlow, Baader Neodymium filter

Processed via: PIPP, Autostakkert! w/1.5x Drizzle, Registax for wavelet magic, derotated in WinJUPOS, finishing touches in GIMP, Topaz (DeNoise, Sharpen, Gigapixel)

Saturn

8/31/2022, @ 60fps, stacked best 33% of 5869 frames

Equipment: 10” Meade LX200 f/6.3 AudioStar (Alt/Az), Nikon D5300, GSO 3x Barlow, Baader Neodymium filter

Processed via: PIPP, Autostakkert! w/1.5x Drizzle, Registax for wavelet magic, finishing touches in GIMP, Topaz (DeNoise, Sharpen, Gigapixel)

Mars

12/3/2022, Acquired via FireCapture @ 35fps Shutter 1.0ms, Gain 325, 990 frames

Equipment: 8″ Orion XT8 Plus, QHY5III462C, Baader 2.25x Barlow, Baader Neodymium filter

Processed via: PIPP, Autostakkert! w/1.5x Drizzle, Registax for wavelet magic, finishing touches in GIMP, Topaz (DeNoise, Sharpen, Gigapixel)