<p>A 16-year-old amateur astronomer and astro-photographer from Pune, Prathamesh Jaju, has clicked one of the best images of the Moon.</p>.<p>The image of Moon clicked by Prathamesh has gone viral on social media platforms.</p>.<p>Prathamesh captured the image on May 3, starting 0100 to 0500 hrs and spent close to 40 hours processing the image.</p>.<p>“The reason behind 50,000 pictures was to get the clearest picture of the Moon. I stitched them together and sharpened the image to see crisp details of the Moon,” he said.</p>.<p>Prathamesh is a student of Vidya Bhavan High School in Pune and was to appear in the Class X exam — which has been cancelled and all students are promoted to Class XI because of the second wave of Covid-19 pandemic.</p>.<p>He is associated with Jyotirvidya Parisanstha, — known as JVP to people of Pune — which is the oldest association of amateur astronomers in India.</p>.<p>In his Instagram post, in which he uploaded the photo, Prathamesh said: “Last Quarter Mineral Moon… This image is an HDR Composite of two different images made to give it a 3 dimensional effect. This is my most detailed and clearest shot of the third quarter Mineral Moon. I captured around 50,000+ images over 186 GigaBytes of data which almost killed my laptop with the processing.”</p>.<p>He captured around 38 panels at 1500 and 3000mm focal length with a 1.2 megapixel.</p>.<p>In the Facebook post, he said he had used Celestron 5 Cassegrain OTA with EQ3-2 GO-TO Mount, ZWO ASI120MCS, GSO 2X BARLOW to click the images in which one can clearly see the lunar surface and craters.</p>
<p>A 16-year-old amateur astronomer and astro-photographer from Pune, Prathamesh Jaju, has clicked one of the best images of the Moon.</p>.<p>The image of Moon clicked by Prathamesh has gone viral on social media platforms.</p>.<p>Prathamesh captured the image on May 3, starting 0100 to 0500 hrs and spent close to 40 hours processing the image.</p>.<p>“The reason behind 50,000 pictures was to get the clearest picture of the Moon. I stitched them together and sharpened the image to see crisp details of the Moon,” he said.</p>.<p>Prathamesh is a student of Vidya Bhavan High School in Pune and was to appear in the Class X exam — which has been cancelled and all students are promoted to Class XI because of the second wave of Covid-19 pandemic.</p>.<p>He is associated with Jyotirvidya Parisanstha, — known as JVP to people of Pune — which is the oldest association of amateur astronomers in India.</p>.<p>In his Instagram post, in which he uploaded the photo, Prathamesh said: “Last Quarter Mineral Moon… This image is an HDR Composite of two different images made to give it a 3 dimensional effect. This is my most detailed and clearest shot of the third quarter Mineral Moon. I captured around 50,000+ images over 186 GigaBytes of data which almost killed my laptop with the processing.”</p>.<p>He captured around 38 panels at 1500 and 3000mm focal length with a 1.2 megapixel.</p>.<p>In the Facebook post, he said he had used Celestron 5 Cassegrain OTA with EQ3-2 GO-TO Mount, ZWO ASI120MCS, GSO 2X BARLOW to click the images in which one can clearly see the lunar surface and craters.</p>