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Mousetoescamper

(5,835 posts) Fri Dec 13, 2024, 02:34 AM Dec 13

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Hanging in the sky tonight

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Hanging in the sky tonight (Original Post) Mousetoescamper Dec 13 OP

Amazing! Easterncedar Dec 13 #1

Thanks and you're welcome, Easterncedar! Mousetoescamper Dec 13 #3

Wow riverbendviewgal Dec 13 #2

Thanks and you're welcome, riverbendviewgal! Mousetoescamper Dec 13 #4

Best picture of the Moon I've seen in years ! KS Toronado Dec 13 #5

Whoa! Thanks, KS Toronado! Mousetoescamper Dec 13 #6

Beautiful! John1956PA Dec 13 #7

Thanks, John1956PA! Mousetoescamper Dec 13 #8

Here is the image of today's moon which I obtained from the Fourmilab website. John1956PA Dec 13 #9

That depends on when the image was taken. The moon changes inclination throughout the night. Mousetoescamper Dec 13 #10

Here is photo which I snapped on December 14, 2024, at 8:30 PM from my location North of Pittsburgh. John1956PA Dec 14 #13

Okay ... Mousetoescamper Dec 15 #14

Omigod, my dear Mousetoescamper! CaliforniaPeggy Dec 13 #11

Thanks, Peggy! Mousetoescamper Dec 13 #12

Easterncedar

(3,967 posts)

1. Amazing!

Reply to Mousetoescamper (Original post)

Fri Dec 13, 2024, 03:14 AM

Dec 13

It makes me want, for the first time, to learn the names of all those features I can see so clearly now. Thanks for the wonderful sight!

Mousetoescamper

(5,835 posts)

3. Thanks and you're welcome, Easterncedar!

Reply to Easterncedar (Reply #1)

Fri Dec 13, 2024, 03:51 AM

Dec 13

riverbendviewgal

(4,339 posts)

2. Wow

Reply to Mousetoescamper (Original post)

Fri Dec 13, 2024, 03:31 AM

Dec 13

Such an awesome photo. Than you for sharing.

Mousetoescamper

(5,835 posts)

4. Thanks and you're welcome, riverbendviewgal!

Reply to riverbendviewgal (Reply #2)

Fri Dec 13, 2024, 03:52 AM

Dec 13

KS Toronado

(20,963 posts)

5. Best picture of the Moon I've seen in years !

Reply to Mousetoescamper (Original post)

Fri Dec 13, 2024, 04:15 AM

Dec 13

Mousetoescamper

(5,835 posts)

6. Whoa! Thanks, KS Toronado!

Reply to KS Toronado (Reply #5)

Fri Dec 13, 2024, 04:51 AM

Dec 13

John1956PA

(3,813 posts)

7. Beautiful!

Reply to Mousetoescamper (Original post)

Fri Dec 13, 2024, 06:44 AM

Dec 13

Is the image rotated ninety degrees clockwise?

Mousetoescamper

(5,835 posts)

8. Thanks, John1956PA!

Reply to John1956PA (Reply #7)

Fri Dec 13, 2024, 09:38 AM

Dec 13

The image isn't rotated.

John1956PA

(3,813 posts)

9. Here is the image of today's moon which I obtained from the Fourmilab website.

Reply to Mousetoescamper (Reply #8)

Fri Dec 13, 2024, 10:21 AM

Dec 13

The discrepancy in rotation between the two images seems to be 90 degrees.

Mousetoescamper

(5,835 posts)

10. That depends on when the image was taken. The moon changes inclination throughout the night.

Reply to John1956PA (Reply #9)

Fri Dec 13, 2024, 10:44 AM

Dec 13

My photo was taken at 12:13 AM today.

John1956PA

(3,813 posts)

13. Here is photo which I snapped on December 14, 2024, at 8:30 PM from my location North of Pittsburgh.

Reply to John1956PA (Reply #9)

Sat Dec 14, 2024, 10:17 PM

Dec 14

The orientation of the lunarscape in my photo is about 45 degrees counterclockwise from the orientation shown in the above image from Fourmilab. I think that the Fourmilab image shows the moon as it appeared on midnight on December 12.

Mousetoescamper

(5,835 posts)

14. Okay ...

Reply to John1956PA (Reply #13)

Sun Dec 15, 2024, 02:40 AM

Dec 15

What's your point with this exercise? What do you require?

CaliforniaPeggy

(153,137 posts)

11. Omigod, my dear Mousetoescamper!

Reply to Mousetoescamper (Original post)

Fri Dec 13, 2024, 12:34 PM

Dec 13

Words fail me.

I've never seen the moon at this angle before. It looks so spherical, so luminous. I am gobsmacked!

Mousetoescamper

(5,835 posts)

12. Thanks, Peggy!

Reply to CaliforniaPeggy (Reply #11)

Fri Dec 13, 2024, 12:55 PM

Dec 13

The sky was clear and the moon was nearly full (coming Dec. 15). I don't usually try to shoot this phase because it lacks the shadows that make the craters and mountains pop. As an experiment I matched the exposure time to the ISO. The photo turned out better than expected.

ISO 100 (my usual setting for the moon)
f16
1/100 sec

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