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A 16-year-old boy recently made headlines in a number of local Indian media. The reason? He managed to capture the clearest photo of the Moon by combining more than 50,000 images!
Even so clear the photos, you will be able to see in detail the small craters around the Moon.
The name of this teenage boy is Prathamesh Jaju who is the figure behind the viral photo of the clearest Moon .
Quoting from Mashable , Jaju, who calls himself an amateur astronomer and astrophotographer, took this photo of the Moon up to four hours to collect tens of thousands of these photos!
"This photo is made up of two different HDR images to produce a 3-dimensional effect. This is the most detailed and clear shot of the Third Quarter Moon Phase," Jaju wrote in the caption on his Instagram @prathameshjaju.
How beautiful are these photos? Here Jaka has summarized it so you can enjoy the beauty of the photos.
1. The total photos collected even eat up more than 186 GB of data! In fact, Jaju takes an additional 38 to 40 hours for further processing of the final photo which is about 600 MB in size.
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| Photo source: instagram.com/prathameshjaju |
2. "I took pictures (photos of the Moon) on May 3 at 1 am. I took pictures in the form of videos and photos for four hours. It took 38-40 hours for processing," Jaju told Indian news agency ANI .
3. Jaju explained that his laptop almost died while processing more than 186 GB of data, due to a very heavy editing task.
4. More surprisingly, Jaju is self-taught to learn everything through reading articles and watching YouTube. Well, this is worth watching.
5. "I read some articles and watched some YouTube videos to learn how to capture these images. I learned the process," he explains.
6. This incredibly clear photo of the Moon allows people to zoom in as much as they want without losing detail.
7. The image captured by Jaju also has scientific value, because the different colors shown in the image indicate the presence of mineral deposits on the surface of the moon.
8. Many may wonder why he needed to take 50,000 pictures instead of just one shot?
9. "Often one image becomes pixels and blurs when we zoom in. To avoid that I use a mosaic technique, which in layman's terms is called panoramic photography," says Jaju.
10. In uploading his Instagram account, Jaju clearly explains the tools he uses to capture this photo of the Moon. Such as, Celestron 5 Cassegrain OTA, ZWO ASI120MC-S, SkyWatcher EQ3-2 GO-TO, and GSO 2X BARLOW.
