By Norman Botsford | 2020-12-24
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On 12/21/2020 05:20 pm by James Idoux| Imperial, MO
Composite photo of the Great Conjunction of 2020.
Skywatcher ED Pro 100 w/ EQ6-R mount.
ZWO ASI462MC(color) camera.
Separate exposures for Jupiter, Saturn, and Galilean moons at 3000 frames each. Captured with SharpCap 3.2.
Aligned and stacked in AutoStakkert 3.1.4.
RGB aligned, RGB balanced, and wavelet adjustments in RegiStax 6.
Final processing in Photoshop 2020. Adjusted contrast, brightness, curves, and saturation. Corrected image flip and rotation due to optics and camera alignment. Layers for Jupiter, Saturn, and Galilean moons merged for the final composite photo.
