I captured this image of the moon two days after the first quarter phase. You can see a little more of the moon is now exposed as the shadow of the earth moves away and reveals more of the lunar surface to us.
I have been capturing these images with NINA by simply taking snapshots and stacking them. However, there is a technique for capturing planets and the moon whereby a video stream is taken and then the stacking software pulls the best frames and stacks these. The below is around 50 individual images captured through NINA.
![Waxing Gibbous Moon 17th April 2024](https://nicksastrophotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/17-04-24-moon-waxing-gibbous.jpg?w=1022)
This following image however, taken the day after on the 18th April 2024 was 1,000 frames stacked from a video stream I took of the moon through the same scope and camera.
![Waxing Gibbous Moon April 18th 2024](https://nicksastrophotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/18-04-24-moon-waxing-gibbous-edit1-2.jpg?w=936)
The following image was on the 19th April 2024. I have refined my approach to capturing the images, stacking and processing, the final result is improving.
![Waxing Gibbous Moon April 19th 2024](https://nicksastrophotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/19-04-2024-moon-edit1-1.jpg?w=975)
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