Gibbous Moon, Waxing

Waxing Gibbous Moon- This image was created by taking video of the the waxing gibbous moon. 200 frames were captured with the ZWO asi1600 camera which has a 4656×3520 resolution. One hundred of the best images were stacked using AutoStakkert 3 and then de-blurred using a Wiener filter in Pixinsight.  Six separate videos were used to capture the full image and were combined as a mosaic using Photoshop CC2020. Final processing was also done in Photoshop. The image has a very high level of sharpness allow fine details of the craters and maria(seas). At the center of the image is the Copernicus crater and above to the left is the Kepler crater. Just to the right of the Copernicus Crater is the large Sea of Showers, a large area of basaltic lava from ancient volcanic action. Clockwise from here is the Sea of Serenity, Sea of Tranquility, and the smaller Sea of Nectar near the bottom center of the image. The massive Tycho Crater dominates the lower left.  This image shows great detail on the upper left where the Copernicus and Kepler craters are located while the companion image of the waning gibbous moon shows great detail in the lower right.