Image stacking: new software to play around with!

Unlike bird photography, astro-imaging with a DSLR camera usually results in dozens of photos of exactly the same object - the Moon doesn't tend to flap about and move! These separate images all contain varying amounts of fine detail data and varying degrees of sharpness: since they are otherwise identical, it's possible to use stacking software to produce a single synergistic end result. This is almost always much better than any of the originals.

Here are a few examples from last night. Bearing in mind that I was using a 300mm lens and 1.4 converter, they show an impressive amount of detail!