r/moon

I feel like she doesn’t get the love she deserves 🌙✨

📸Nikon D3400 Lens: AF-P DX NIKKOR 70-300 mm

I was able to capture the moon before the clouds came rolling in this morning.

(Monday, July 06, 2026)

🔭 Celestron NexStar 4SE

📷 Canon Rebel T8i

July 6, 2026
11:16pm

Recently, I’ve been spending my late nights sitting in my garden, enjoying the cool breeze and the soft moonlight on my skin while reflecting on life. I’m 18 now, and life has been quite stressful at times. But tonight, as I looked forward to another peaceful evening in the garden, the idea of capturing a close-up image of the moon crossed my mind.
As it happened, my birdwatching uncle had left his Nikon camera at our house. So I decided to give it a try, and this was the result. It may not be perfect, but I’m genuinely proud of it, especially since it’s my very first attempt. I look forward to taking many more photos and improving with each one.

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Shot July 4, 2026 with Nikon Z8 and Takahashi TSA-120 telescope with Vernonscope Dakin 2.4x barlow on ZWO AM5 mount. 820 frames at ISO 64 1/40s pre-processed in Photoshop, exported to TIFF, aligned in PIPP, and stacked in AutoStakkert 4. Post processed and sharpened in Photoshop. All photos taken by me, Adam Jackson, a Houston, Texas based astrophotographer.

This is a 10’s single exposure image of the Milky Way Core. No AI used.

iPhone 17 Pro

Native Camera App (ProRaw Mode)

24mm 1x sensor 48MP (Untracked Tripod)

ISO 3200 | 10.0’s | f1.78

Processed in RawTherapee (Raw decoding), Siril (Stretching & Pre-processing), GIMP (color calibration & tweaks.)

Taken on 24th April 2026 under Bortle 2 skies.

Beautiful pictures of the moon from my balcony tonight.