Just got a 420-800mm f/8.3 vivitar lens for moon photography, any tips and tricks on getting good pictures and even in post processing?

My camera is an 800D/Rebel T7i and I'm using a tripod, using darktable to edit my photos.

Pic is the moon yesterday with aformentioned lens just to test it out, will be giving it a proper shot next full moon.

>>4430905 (OP)
Remember: the full moon is an object in direct sunlight, shoot accordingly

If you zoom in far enough you can see the pixels on the screen-dome that covers the flat earth

>>4430905 (OP)
which moon?

I attach my phone to my telescope. I wanna get some kind of tracking to do deep sky.

>>4430905 (OP)
Took this with my 70-200

last year

>>4431040
uncropped

>>4431041
>>4431040
unfortunately dont have the raws for these, just old photos i shared to friends and had to downsize which is why the uncropped is so small

>>4431041
super clean, my phones ir laser gets in the way sometimes.

Moon waxing, 54.9%. Shot on Nikon D850 with Nikon AI-S Nikkor 800mm F/5.6 IF-ED with Nikon TC-301 2x teleconverter.

>>4431124
stacked and processed?

>>4431158
No, no stacking. Single exposure RAW processed in Adobe Lightroom. Pretty basic, straightforward processing like crop and levels.

Just have to take about 30 or more exposures to get a really clear capture because of atmospheric distortion. Once you get a a clear shot, though, it pretty much comes out of the camera 80% of the way there assuming you've gotten your exposure dialed in.

800mm + 2x teleconverter, shot in 1.5x DX mode is about a 2,400mm equivalent focal length (which is about what you're seeing here).

Also, consider that you lose a lot of dynamism and detail as the moon grows full since everything is then lit straight-on and the image will appear "flat". Crescents or half-moons really add detail to the craters from indirect lighting and shadows.

>>4431124
Huge difference in camera and lens, but still a pretty good result in my eyes. But I found it needed a decent bit of postprocessing, removed all color from it to stop any fringing(cheap lens comes at a cost) and some other minor tweaks