A 16-year-old boy Prathamesh Jaju from Pune gained popularity on internet by clicking one of the clearest pictures of moon. In the comments on the post, Jaju explained how he was able to capture the stunning image.He said, “This is my most detailed and clearest shot and my best work 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."
He said ,"Raw data was 100 GB & when you process it the data gets bigger so it was around 186 GB. When I stitched them together, the final file was around 600 MB"·
I captured the image on May 3 at 1am. I captured for around 4 hrs with videos & images. It took 38-40 hrs for processing. The reason behind 50,000 pictures was to get clearest picture of moon. I stitched them together & sharpened image to see crisp details of 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, said Jaju.
I read some articles & saw some YouTube videos & learned information about processing & how to capture these images. I want to become an astrophysicist & study astronomy professionally but astrophotography is just a hobby for me right now, added Jaju.