Supermoon This Morning

Or should I say Super Duper Moon?

It just means that the moon as at perigee in it's slightly elliptical orbit. That means it is slightly larger visually than it has appeared for the last 70 years. It looks the same to me...:) I enjoyed seeing this full moon in a cloudless sky.

 

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The moon revolves around the third nearest planet called Earth, of the star Sol, in an arm of the spiral galaxy called Milky Way. The next nearest galaxy Is Andromeda. We are in a local cluster of galaxies.

 

Spiral Galaxy: Milky Way

Star: Sol

Planet: Earth is Sol's third Planet

Earth's Only Satellite: Moon

 

Camera: Canon Powershot SX 60 HS

 

All things considered, it's not too shabby for a bridge camera...:)

 

I really should use a tripod so I could use a slower shutter speed and a lower ISO. That would reduce the pixel to pixel noise which varies as the the inverse square root of the number of photons captured on a pixel. The more photons, the lower the noise.

 

This pixel-to-pixel noise limited shot was hand held. I was leaning backwards against a low fence for support since my balance is poor. I tried to hold my breath. I supported the far end of the lens barrel with my left hand. I held the camera body and pressed the shutter button with my right hand,

 

All things considered, it's not too shabby for a bridge camera...:)

 

As I recall, my old Panasonic Lumix FZ70 had better IS (image stabilization.) I'm sorry I had to replace it when it malfunctioned.

 

IMG_5606 - Version 3

 

 

- IMG_5622 - Version 2

Done