Astrophotography by Keith B. Quattrocchi

Mars emerging from Lunar Occultation
RGB Image
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Copyright 2022
Keith B Quattrocchi and Bray Falls

Image Acquisition Information  
                    
Telescope: 16" RCOS Richey Chretien Telescope (ion milled at f/9) 
Camera: ZWO Full Frame Back Illuminated CMOS ASI 6200 MM
Guiding: Starlight Xpress AO with UltraStar Autoguiding Camera (AO control using maxim DL software).
Filters: Astrodon LRBG, H-alpha, S-II and OIII Filters
Acquisition Programs: NINA, The SkyX, PHD2, PWI4
Processing Programs: PixInsight, RC Astro, CCDStack, Photoshop CS4
Date: Data processed on December 29, 2022.  Data acquisition:  December of 2022        
              
Image Information: ​RGB Image of Mars after its emergence from lunar occultation.  The image gives the appearance of viewing Mars from the lunar surface.  
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Processing Information: These RGB images were obtained using AstroDon filters.  The RGB images were batch processed (calibrated, registered, normalized and integrated) in PixInsignt.   Further stretching, high pass filtering and background smoothing was performed with Adobe Photoshop CS/4 and PixInsight.