Moon with the VC200L – December 1, 2025

I used several new techniques for this photo.

For the first time, I recorded a 4K video with my EOS R and used it as the basis for the image – actually two videos, one for the upper half and one for the lower half of the Moon.

This meant that I created my first lunar mosaic. Using Affinity Photo’s standard panorama function, it turned out to be surprisingly simple.

I enhanced the mineral colors as usual in Affinity Photo.
What was new for me, however, was sharpening the details directly in Affinity Photo using various live filters, instead of doing it in Registax.

All of these changes pushed me a real step forward. And I already have a few more ideas in mind that promise even further improvements.

High resolution on Astrobin:

Session details

Telescope	Vixen VC200L
Corrector	intern
Effective focal length	1800 mm
Camera	Canon EOS R
Mount	Skywatcher HEQ5 Pro Hypertuned
Date of capture	2025-12-01
Frames used	3.000 of 3.000
Calibration frames	–
Capture setup	Camera intern
Processing date	2025-12-03
Software stack	Affinity Photo, AutoStakkert, PIPP
Location	Koblenz, Rheinland
Focal ratio	f/9,0
Image scale	0,61 ″/px
Field of view	68,3 × 45,5 ′