2015 November 16 ~ The waxing crescent Moon, close-up
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Photographed from mid-town Toronto, Canada, at 17.55 EDT (Moon altitude: 25.2° | Sun 11.0° below the horizon)
* Temperature 8° C.
Tonight we had an unusually clear (for November) sky and steady atmosphere, so I could get a decent quality photo of the Moon, even though it was fairly low in the sky.
This image is composed of the best 10 of 14 identical exposures, stacked to increase resolution. Craters as small as 5 km in diameter can be seen across the frame.
For a much longer exposure that shows both earthshine and many stars around the Moon, click here:
www.flickr.com/photos/97587627@N06/23077070435/
... and for a version of this image with labels, click on the left side of your screen, or click here:
www.flickr.com/photos/97587627@N06/22503349814/
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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
Best 10 of 14 stacked frames; each frame:
* ISO 100, 1/125 sec. exposure
Stacked in Registax 6
Processed in Photoshop CS6
(brightness, contrast, colour desaturation)
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2015 November 16 ~ The waxing crescent Moon, close-up
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Photographed from mid-town Toronto, Canada, at 17.55 EDT (Moon altitude: 25.2° | Sun 11.0° below the horizon)
* Temperature 8° C.
Tonight we had an unusually clear (for November) sky and steady atmosphere, so I could get a decent quality photo of the Moon, even though it was fairly low in the sky.
This image is composed of the best 10 of 14 identical exposures, stacked to increase resolution. Craters as small as 5 km in diameter can be seen across the frame.
For a much longer exposure that shows both earthshine and many stars around the Moon, click here:
www.flickr.com/photos/97587627@N06/23077070435/
... and for a version of this image with labels, click on the left side of your screen, or click here:
www.flickr.com/photos/97587627@N06/22503349814/
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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
Best 10 of 14 stacked frames; each frame:
* ISO 100, 1/125 sec. exposure
Stacked in Registax 6
Processed in Photoshop CS6
(brightness, contrast, colour desaturation)
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