Full Mineral Moon composite with stars
Usually, we can see the moon as a flat grey-scale surface with our naked eye.
However, photography brings us the possibility to show up all the faint details and the beautify of the mineral deposits of the moon.
Those deposites are the large darker areas that we can see on the moon's surface, and these are formed as a result of ancient volcanic eruptions. Maria (singular is mare) in Latin translates for seas, and the reason behind this is that early astronomers mistook these areas for actual seas, and hence they are named that way.
In my picture, we can see the blue colored soil of Mare Tranquillitatis (the mare that contained the landing site of Apollo 11), which is caused by higher levels of titanium in the ground. But there are lots of different minerals like: iron, titanium, olivine contains iron, magnesium, silicon, etc.
The composition is merely due to artistic preference, as I prefer it over a black background. With the current amateur technology, it's impossible to expose the stars and the moon. So I added the stars of another image that I will post soon.
First time creating a composite and a mineral moon picture. Any CC is welcome
👓 1000 frames (best 25%) for each LRGB filters (cropped)
📍 Barcelona, Catalonia. Bortle 9
📷 ZWO 16000MM Pro
🔭 SV503 80 ED OTA + SV193 reducer
🪵 Sky watcher HEQ5 Pro
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