2015 August 6 ~ The Waning Gibbous Moon

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Photographed from mid-town Toronto, Canada, at 04.30 EDT (Moon altitude: 47 degrees)

 

Here is a view of the waning Moon, just a day away from its last quarter phase, in a very clear sky over Toronto this morning.

 

For a close-up view, click here:

www.flickr.com/photos/97587627@N06/19718988944/

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Nikon D810 camera body on Explore Scientific 152 mm (6") apochromatic refracting telescope, mounted on Sky-Watcher AZ-EQ6 SynScan mount.

 

1200 mm focal length, f/8

 

Six stacked frames; each frame:

* ISO 64, 1/100 sec. exposure

Stacked in Registax 6

 

Final image processed in Photoshop CS6

(brightness, contrast, colour desaturation, sharpening)

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Done