Re: [APML] Thin Crescent Moon

["Stuart Heggie" <Stuart.J.Heggie@sympatico.ca>]

Jerry, thanks! (Just back from biz travel - sorry for the delay). It was
very low on the horizon - the scope was just about perfectly horizontal. I
live on a hill and had a clear shot (pure luck) west across the valley that
runs North from me. Was kind of scary trying to find it with the sun so
close! Used the 6x DW-2 right angle magnifier which made it easy.

Stuart
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jerry Lodriguss" <lists3@astropix.com>
To: "Discussion of Film Astrophotography" <astro-photo@seds.org>
Sent: Monday, April 11, 2005 1:15 PM
Subject: Re: [APML] Thin Crescent Moon


>
> Wow, that really must have been low in the sky, considering the phase
> illumination angle. How high above the horizon?
>
> Jerry
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> At 06:13 AM 4/11/2005, you wrote:
> >Jerry - nice shot! I have one slightly younger than yours (26 hrs) here -
> >done with film no less!
> >
> >http://www.astrofoto.ca/stuartheggie/pf_photos/Moon_26_hours_old.html
> >
> >Taken with a 102mm Vixen achromat on an SuperPolaris mount. Nikon F2 and
> >Supra800. Was inspired to try for a really young moon by an article from
> >Alan Dyer. It may be a little underexposed. When I had the film developed
> >the lab insisted there was nothing on the negs - I really had to press
them
> >to print what they were sure were empty frames.
> >
> >Stuart
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "Jerry Lodriguss" <lists3@astropix.com>
> >To: <astro-photo@seds.org>
> >Sent: Monday, April 11, 2005 12:57 AM
> >Subject: [APML] Thin Crescent Moon
> >
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> > >
> > > I've just posted a couple of pictures of an extremely thin crescent
moon,
> > > taken on Saturyday April 9 when the moon was just 27.5 hours past new.
> > >
> > > They are on my website at:
> > >
> > > http://www.astropix.com/HTML/SHOWCASE/CRESCENT.HTM
> > >
> > > You can just barely see a hint of Earthshine in the longer exposure.
> > >
> > > The crescent stretches only about 75 degrees around.
> > >
> > > Jerry
> > >
> > > Photoshop for Astrophotographers
> > > http://www.astropix.com/PFA/PFA.HTM
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