Captured format, JPG, 15s, F3.5, 6.3mm, ISO400 on the 12/02/2025
Chose lowest optical zoom and crop in at processing as it's less work while I was learning to dial in my tripod very delicately.
Processed in Darktable: exposure >> astrophoto denoise >> crop >> sharpen
Found that on these very old CCD bridge cameras that denoising by only lowering black level the most effecent, the sharpen is really about making presentable, and a sort of final denoise step.
Gear:
Olympus C-760 UZ, 3.3MP, CCD, 2004, no filters or lenses screwed on.
Velbon TG-3 Tripod/ Panhead PH-140
Location: Kirikiriroa/Hamilton, bortle 5.
Sanity: non, but favorite capture of 2025.
I will be re shooting this year, on the same camera, also grab out my telephoto lens, and adapter I finally found after ebay hunting for this old bridge camera, and now go find place with a way lower botrle score.
by upsidedownorangejuic