Halloween's Blue Moon
Last night’s Haloween Blue Moon.
I’ve seen several people posting images of moons that have been colored blue. I want to take a moment to let every one that is unaware know that our moon does not actually turn blue. A “blue moon” is the name given when there are two full moons in one calendar month. This happens ~ every two and a half years. The expression “once in a blue moon” means something that is relatively rare, which a blue moon is!
If you saw someone that posted a moon that was blue colored, it is because they decided the moon is not beautiful enough on its own.
This is how our moon appeared to me last night, reflecting the sunlight in its usual color. I took 200 frames using my Sony a7RIII and Celestron Edge HD 800 telescope as my lens. I used a program called PIPP to analyze each grame and I took the best 50 of those photos and I stacked them in Autostakkert!3. This allows me to correct for atmospheric disturbances and create a much sharper image of the moon that I could with one single frame.
Halloween's Blue Moon
Last night’s Haloween Blue Moon.
I’ve seen several people posting images of moons that have been colored blue. I want to take a moment to let every one that is unaware know that our moon does not actually turn blue. A “blue moon” is the name given when there are two full moons in one calendar month. This happens ~ every two and a half years. The expression “once in a blue moon” means something that is relatively rare, which a blue moon is!
If you saw someone that posted a moon that was blue colored, it is because they decided the moon is not beautiful enough on its own.
This is how our moon appeared to me last night, reflecting the sunlight in its usual color. I took 200 frames using my Sony a7RIII and Celestron Edge HD 800 telescope as my lens. I used a program called PIPP to analyze each grame and I took the best 50 of those photos and I stacked them in Autostakkert!3. This allows me to correct for atmospheric disturbances and create a much sharper image of the moon that I could with one single frame.