<p>Stunning photographs of the Moon, painstakingly shot by a 16-year schoolboy from <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/news/india-news/article/270-black-fungus-cases-reported-in-pune-therapy-sops-framed-23173328" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Pune </a>have gone viral on social media platforms and earning him accolades from all over, here on Wednesday.</p>
<p>The lad, Prathamesh Jaju is also an amateur <a href="astronomer" target="_blank" rel="noopener">astronomer</a> and astro-photographer, studying in Vidya Bhavan High School in Class X.</p>
<p>Last fortnight, on May 3, he captured thousands of images of Moon from 1am-5 am, and then spent another 40 hours processing them for the outstanding results.</p>
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<p>"The reason behind the 50,000 pictures was to get the clearest picture of the Moon. I stitched them together and sharpened the images to see crisp details of the Moon," he said in his social media posts.</p>
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<p>In one of his social media sites he has uploaded the photo and explained: "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>Actively connected with the Jyotirvidya Parisanstha - the oldest amateur astronomers' association in India - Prathamesh said he captured around 38 panels at 1500mm and 3000mm focal length with a 1.2 megapixel.</p>
<p>For this, he used Celestron 5 Cassegrain OTA with EQ3-2 GO-TO Mount, ZWO ASI120MCS, GSO 2X BARLOW to click the images, in which the lunar surface, its craters and other stark details are visible with great clarity.</p>
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The lad, Prathamesh Jaju is also an amateur astronomer and astro-photographer, studying in Vidya Bhavan High School in Class X.

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