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The moon on Dec 27

The moon earlier this evening at lunation 7.46.

The moon on Dec 27, 2006 around 6pm MST

Image taken from Louisville, CO at 6:07pm with Celestron Nexstar11 with F6.3 focal reducer and Canon Xti digital camera (1/1000 sec exposure at ASA400).  Temperature was about 40°F, hazy with high thin clouds though transparency was still good, turbulence was 6/10. Unfortunately, another snowstorm is heading our way tomorrow.

 The Canon Xti with its high resolution is great to use for lunar images. As an example, below is crop of the above image at about 2/3 scale.

Closeup of the moon on Dec 27, 2006

Some desktop wallpaper sizes are available, 1600×1200, 1280×1024, and 1024×760.

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3 Responses to “The moon on Dec 27”

  1. Rob Says:
    December 27th, 2006 at 11:25 pm

    Awesome!

  2. Vern Says:
    December 28th, 2006 at 11:07 am

    Thanks Rob! I increased brightness, contrast and sharpened the above image a bit. Also, I uploaded some desktop wallpaper sizes.

  3. Andrew Says:
    December 29th, 2006 at 2:47 am

    I agree with Rob “Awesome!!!!”.

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