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Full Sturgeon Moon – 11:45pm 8/1/2023 EDT

Telescope: Unitron 510 5” f/16, Atlas EQ-G

Camera: Canon EOS Ra

Filter: 2” GSO IR Cut Filter

Exposure: 64×1/250sec, ISO 1600, saved as RAW

Seeing: Fair, 3/5

White Balance: Nebulosity Automatic

Software: Backyard EOS, Autostakkert, Registax, Nebulosity, Photoshop

I stepped outside last night to check on the sky conditions between targets and I found that the smoke and haze were so thick that I decided to call it a night. However, the full moon was so gorgeous I just hand to grab at least one quick set of images. (Photo credit: John Graham, 8/1/2023)