Moonstruck

I originally recorded this image late in the evening of May 5th this year. But I never got around to actually processing the images. I wanted to do a closeup, high resolution image of the moon, using my new ASI178MM camera attached to my 6" RC. I recorded 1000 images of 2ms each of each of the patches of the Moon.
Now I processed them, and stiched it all together. And the resolution was surprisingly good. This is probably the highest resolution image I have ever taken of the Moon. So even if it is a monochrome image only, I am quite satisfied with the result.

Click on the image for original version (>2500 pixels square). 

Technical details : ZWO ASI178MM camera, gain 174, bin 2x2, 2ms exposure. TPO 6" RC. Stacked in AS!3, sticked with Microsoft ICE, enhanced in Gimp 2.9.

After publishing the original image, I tried using wavelets in Registax to sharpen the image. This made a better version, I think. With sharper details and more contrast. And better shadows.