This is another version of the mid-February 2007 Half Moon, created from tonemapping a 7-photo HDR composite photo. 7 camera raw exposures 1-stop apart were taken, then auto-aligned to produce a HDR photo file. The tonal range of the data in that file was subsequently shifted (compressed) with a tonemapping operator in Photomatix Pro. The result was this photo, a JPEG that was derived from a 16-bit TIFF photo that emerged immediately after processing in Photomatix Pro. This photo has some little problems, but it has a lot more color depth and edge-definition that a post-processed single photo does.

This is a completely new photo created from existing data, one sample of which (along with the explanation of the telescope and camera setup) is here:
nocturnes.tribe.net/photos/5...e3b3c2f89
posted by on Tuesday, March 11, 2008 - link to this photo

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