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            "url": "https://itsbortle9.com/handheld-sun-photography.html",
            "title": "Handheld Sun Photography",
            "summary": "DO NOT POINT YOUR CAMERA/TELESCOPE OR LOOK AT THE SUN WITHOUT PROPER…",
            "content_html": "<h2>DO NOT POINT YOUR CAMERA/TELESCOPE OR LOOK AT THE SUN WITHOUT PROPER SOLAR FILTER AND CHECK THE FILTER FIRST TO MAKE SURE THERE'S NO DAMAGE/HOLE!!!!</h2>\n<p> </p>\n<p>We can do the Moon the Sun is roughly the same. I take this image using burst mode 333 frame were taken and stacked 65 frame.</p>\n<figure class=\"post__image\"><strong>Equipment</strong></figure>\n<p>Camera : Sony A7C</p>\n<p>Lens : Svbony SV545 203mm f/4.5</p>\n<p>Filter : Thounsand Oak Solarite</p>\n<p><strong>Camera setting<br></strong></p>\n<p>Shutter speed : 1/4000s</p>\n<p>ISO : 640</p>\n<p>White balance : Daylight</p>\n<p>Drive Mode : Burst - Hi</p>\n<p>Image Quality : RAW uncompressed</p>\n<p> </p>\n<p><strong>Take a lot of image</strong></p>\n<p>Just like the Moon take as many as you can the Sun will drift accross the screen do not worry.</p>\n<figure class=\"post__image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https://itsbortle9.com/media/posts/11/_DSC5139_pipp.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1283\">\n<figcaption>Image 1 Some sub frame example.</figcaption>\n</figure>\n<p><strong>Processing the image</strong></p>\n<p>PIPP - To align the Sun to the center to the image so stacking software don't mess up the stacking.</p>\n<ul>\n<li>No convert to monochrome</li>\n<li>I crop the image to reduce the file size</li>\n</ul>\n<p>Siril - Stack</p>\n<ul>\n<li>Amount of frame stacking is up to you i stack 65 out of 333</li>\n</ul>\n<figure class=\"post__image\">\n<figure class=\"post__image\"><img loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https://itsbortle9.com/media/posts/11/1SunStacked-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1200\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" srcset=\"https://itsbortle9.com/media/posts/11/responsive/1SunStacked-4-xs.jpg 300w ,https://itsbortle9.com/media/posts/11/responsive/1SunStacked-4-sm.jpg 480w ,https://itsbortle9.com/media/posts/11/responsive/1SunStacked-4-md.jpg 768w ,https://itsbortle9.com/media/posts/11/responsive/1SunStacked-4-lg.jpg 1024w\"></figure>\n<figcaption>Image 2 Stacked Sun image from Siril</figcaption>\n</figure>\n<p>Registax 6 - Sharpen</p>\n<ul>\n<li>Wavelet linear</li>\n</ul>\n<figure class=\"post__image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https://itsbortle9.com/media/posts/11/1SunSharpened.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1000\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" srcset=\"https://itsbortle9.com/media/posts/11/responsive/1SunSharpened-xs.jpg 300w ,https://itsbortle9.com/media/posts/11/responsive/1SunSharpened-sm.jpg 480w ,https://itsbortle9.com/media/posts/11/responsive/1SunSharpened-md.jpg 768w ,https://itsbortle9.com/media/posts/11/responsive/1SunSharpened-lg.jpg 1024w\">\n<figcaption>Image 3 Sharpened image</figcaption>\n</figure>\n<p>Darktable - Final <span style=\"font-size: inherit;\">touch</span></p>\n<ul>\n<li>Tone curve</li>\n<li>Local contrast</li>\n<li>Contrast equalizer</li>\n<li>AgX</li>\n</ul>\n<div class=\"n6owBd awi2gc\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"ep\" data-hveid=\"CAAIDhAB\" data-complete=\"true\" data-copy-service-computed-style=\"font-family: &quot;Google Sans&quot;, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px 0px 16px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(230, 232, 240);\">\n<div data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"ep\" data-hveid=\"CAAIDhAB\" data-complete=\"true\" data-copy-service-computed-style=\"font-family: &quot;Google Sans&quot;, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px 0px 16px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(230, 232, 240);\">\n<figure class=\"post__image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https://itsbortle9.com/media/posts/11/1SunFinal.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1000\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" srcset=\"https://itsbortle9.com/media/posts/11/responsive/1SunFinal-xs.jpg 300w ,https://itsbortle9.com/media/posts/11/responsive/1SunFinal-sm.jpg 480w ,https://itsbortle9.com/media/posts/11/responsive/1SunFinal-md.jpg 768w ,https://itsbortle9.com/media/posts/11/responsive/1SunFinal-lg.jpg 1024w\">\n<figcaption>Image 4 Final image</figcaption>\n</figure>\n</div>\n<div data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"ep\" data-hveid=\"CAAIDhAB\" data-complete=\"true\" data-copy-service-computed-style=\"font-family: &quot;Google Sans&quot;, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px 0px 16px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(230, 232, 240);\"> </div>\n<div data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"ep\" data-hveid=\"CAAIDhAB\" data-complete=\"true\" data-copy-service-computed-style=\"font-family: &quot;Google Sans&quot;, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px 0px 16px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(230, 232, 240);\">I don't need to seperate the stacking to avoid rotation issue because i keep my camera leveled decently this time.</div>\n<div data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"ep\" data-hveid=\"CAAIDhAB\" data-complete=\"true\" data-copy-service-computed-style=\"font-family: &quot;Google Sans&quot;, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px 0px 16px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(230, 232, 240);\"> </div>\n<div data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"ep\" data-hveid=\"CAAIDhAB\" data-complete=\"true\" data-copy-service-computed-style=\"font-family: &quot;Google Sans&quot;, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px 0px 16px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(230, 232, 240);\"><strong>Summary</strong></div>\n<div data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"ep\" data-hveid=\"CAAIDhAB\" data-complete=\"true\" data-copy-service-computed-style=\"font-family: &quot;Google Sans&quot;, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px 0px 16px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(230, 232, 240);\"> </div>\n<div data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"ep\" data-hveid=\"CAAIDhAB\" data-complete=\"true\" data-copy-service-computed-style=\"font-family: &quot;Google Sans&quot;, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px 0px 16px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(230, 232, 240);\">PIPP - Centered</div>\n<div data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"ep\" data-hveid=\"CAAIDhAB\" data-complete=\"true\" data-copy-service-computed-style=\"font-family: &quot;Google Sans&quot;, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px 0px 16px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(230, 232, 240);\">Siril - Stack</div>\n<div data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"ep\" data-hveid=\"CAAIDhAB\" data-complete=\"true\" data-copy-service-computed-style=\"font-family: &quot;Google Sans&quot;, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px 0px 16px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(230, 232, 240);\">Registax 6 - Sharpen</div>\n<div data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"ep\" data-hveid=\"CAAIDhAB\" data-complete=\"true\" data-copy-service-computed-style=\"font-family: &quot;Google Sans&quot;, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px 0px 16px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(230, 232, 240);\">Darktable - Final touch</div>\n</div>",
            "image": "https://itsbortle9.com/media/posts/11/1SunFinal-2.jpg",
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                   "Planetary"
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            "date_published": "2026-07-29T19:40:00+07:00",
            "date_modified": "2026-08-01T13:27:34+07:00"
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            "id": "https://itsbortle9.com/handheld-moon-photography.html",
            "url": "https://itsbortle9.com/handheld-moon-photography.html",
            "title": "Handheld Moon Photography",
            "summary": "No tripod no star tracker well it's possible. I taken this image&hellip;",
            "content_html": "<p>No tripod no star tracker well it's possible. I taken this image using burst mode 271 frame were taken and stacked 60 frame.</p>\n<figure class=\"post__image\"><strong>Equipment</strong></figure>\n<p>Camera : Fujifilm X-T30</p>\n<p>Lens : Svbony SV545 203mm f/4.5</p>\n<p><strong>Camera setting<br></strong></p>\n<p>Shutter speed : 1/2000s</p>\n<p>ISO : 800</p>\n<p>White balance : Daylight</p>\n<p>Drive Mode : Burst - Hi</p>\n<p>Image Quality : RAW uncompressed</p>\n<p> </p>\n<p><strong>Take a lot of image</strong></p>\n<p>Take as many as you can the Moon will drift accross the screen do not worry.</p>\n<figure class=\"post__image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https://itsbortle9.com/media/posts/7/1Sub-Frame-Example.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"1350\" height=\"900\">\n<figcaption>Image 1 Some sub frame example.</figcaption>\n</figure>\n<p><strong>Processing the image                                                                                    </strong></p>\n<p>Rawtherapee - To make to colour is as intended as you want.</p>\n<ul>\n<li>White balance use Camera/Daylight</li>\n<li>No capture sharpening</li>\n</ul>\n<p>PIPP - To align the moon to the center of the image so stacking software don't mess up the stacking.</p>\n<ul>\n<li>No debayer</li>\n<li>No convert to monochrome</li>\n<li>Cropped the images to reduce the file size</li>\n</ul>\n<p>Affinity Photo 2 - Stack </p>\n<ul>\n<li>Stack 10 image at a time to avoid software having alignment issue with extreme rotated frame.</li>\n<li>Stack the stacked images together</li>\n<li>Use Scale, rotate and translate</li>\n<li>Check Automatically Align Images</li>\n</ul>\n<figure class=\"post__image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https://itsbortle9.com/media/posts/7/1StackedMoon.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1000\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" srcset=\"https://itsbortle9.com/media/posts/7/responsive/1StackedMoon-xs.jpg 300w ,https://itsbortle9.com/media/posts/7/responsive/1StackedMoon-sm.jpg 480w ,https://itsbortle9.com/media/posts/7/responsive/1StackedMoon-md.jpg 768w ,https://itsbortle9.com/media/posts/7/responsive/1StackedMoon-lg.jpg 1024w\">\n<figcaption>Image 2 Stacked 60 image.</figcaption>\n</figure>\n<p>Registax 6 - Sharpen</p>\n<ul>\n<li>Wavelet - linear</li>\n</ul>\n<figure class=\"post__image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https://itsbortle9.com/media/posts/7/1Sharpened.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1000\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" srcset=\"https://itsbortle9.com/media/posts/7/responsive/1Sharpened-xs.jpg 300w ,https://itsbortle9.com/media/posts/7/responsive/1Sharpened-sm.jpg 480w ,https://itsbortle9.com/media/posts/7/responsive/1Sharpened-md.jpg 768w ,https://itsbortle9.com/media/posts/7/responsive/1Sharpened-lg.jpg 1024w\">\n<figcaption>Image 3 Sharpened stacked image slight rind artifact visible on the edge.</figcaption>\n</figure>\n<p class=\"align-left\">Darktable - Final touch</p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"align-left\">Tone curve</li>\n<li>Shadows and Highlights</li>\n<li>Contrast equalizer</li>\n<li>Local contrast</li>\n</ul>\n<figure class=\"post__image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https://itsbortle9.com/media/posts/7/1Final.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1000\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" srcset=\"https://itsbortle9.com/media/posts/7/responsive/1Final-xs.jpg 300w ,https://itsbortle9.com/media/posts/7/responsive/1Final-sm.jpg 480w ,https://itsbortle9.com/media/posts/7/responsive/1Final-md.jpg 768w ,https://itsbortle9.com/media/posts/7/responsive/1Final-lg.jpg 1024w\">\n<figcaption>Image 4 Final image</figcaption>\n</figure>\n<p>There's many good technique to mitigate the rind artifact i might give this a reprocess in the future.</p>\n<p>For stacking Astrosurface and Autostakkert! should work too and may not need to seperate the stack i didn't test this.</p>\n<p>I have successfully fix the rotated sub frame with ImageJ but can't find a way to export 16-bit TIF file.</p>\n<div class=\"n6owBd awi2gc\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"ep\" data-hveid=\"CAAIDhAB\" data-complete=\"true\" data-copy-service-computed-style=\"font-family: &quot;Google Sans&quot;, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px 0px 16px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(230, 232, 240);\">\n<p data-sfc-root=\"ep\" data-hveid=\"CAAIDhAB\" data-complete=\"true\" data-copy-service-computed-style=\"font-family: &quot;Google Sans&quot;, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px 0px 16px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(230, 232, 240);\"><strong>Summary</strong></p>\n<p data-sfc-root=\"ep\" data-hveid=\"CAAIDhAB\" data-complete=\"true\" data-copy-service-computed-style=\"font-family: &quot;Google Sans&quot;, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px 0px 16px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(230, 232, 240);\">Rawtherapee - Adjust colour</p>\n<div data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"ep\" data-hveid=\"CAAIDhAB\" data-complete=\"true\" data-copy-service-computed-style=\"font-family: &quot;Google Sans&quot;, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px 0px 16px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(230, 232, 240);\">PIPP - Centered</div>\n<div data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"ep\" data-hveid=\"CAAIDhAB\" data-complete=\"true\" data-copy-service-computed-style=\"font-family: &quot;Google Sans&quot;, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px 0px 16px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(230, 232, 240);\">Affinity Photo 2 - Stack</div>\n<div data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"ep\" data-hveid=\"CAAIDhAB\" data-complete=\"true\" data-copy-service-computed-style=\"font-family: &quot;Google Sans&quot;, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px 0px 16px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(230, 232, 240);\">Registax 6 - Sharpen</div>\n<div data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"ep\" data-hveid=\"CAAIDhAB\" data-complete=\"true\" data-copy-service-computed-style=\"font-family: &quot;Google Sans&quot;, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px 0px 16px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(230, 232, 240);\">Darktable - Final touch (use any that you comfortable with)</div>\n</div>",
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