After a couple of years with NINA doing DSO work, I am now taking the plunge into Sharpcap to take a shot at the moon, if and when the opportunity presents itself, as the weather has been terrible here for the past month. However I am new to Sharpcap so I would like to do some practicing before I go out with my gear between rain showers. So I am looking for a .ser file of the moon that someone would be willing to share with me so I have some real data to practice with and see what other software I need to process this (on a Mac…) Anyone out there who can share some lunar data with me? Thanks in advance.
Looking for .ser file of the moon
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I’m not sure if this is what you are looking for, but there are some lunar and planetary SER files in the BiggSky Quick Start Data available here:
https://biggsky.com/learn/quick-start-lunar-planetary-processing/
Look for the link: [BiggSky_Quick_Start_Data]
The data was collected with SharpCap and then cropped down to a managable size for download and tutorial use.
Hope this helps,
David
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David Biggs · Nov 5, 2025 at 06:03 PM
I’m not sure if this is what you are looking for, but there are some lunar and planetary SER files in the BiggSky Quick Start Data available here:
https://biggsky.com/learn/quick-start-lunar-planetary-processing/
Look for the link: [BiggSky_Quick_Start_Data]
The data was collected with SharpCap and then cropped down to a managable size for download and tutorial use.
Hope this helps,
David
Thanks @David Biggs, I will certainly look into those files!
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I work almost exclusively with SharpCap, and have done so for many years. SharpCap is a recording program for creating .ser or .avi files. You can't do anything with an existing .ser file using SharpCap.
CS Bernd
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