Comments on: Moon on March 19 http://www.raben.com/weblog/2007/03/19/moon-on-march-19/ Occasional observations about astronomy, astrophotography, and software Mon, 01 Dec 2008 22:22:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 By: peter http://www.raben.com/weblog/2007/03/19/moon-on-march-19/#comment-14100 peter Fri, 23 Mar 2007 01:36:10 +0000 http://www.raben.com/weblog/2007/03/19/moon-on-march-19/#comment-14100 Hi Vern, Wish you lots of luck in April. Try for a world-class bracket interval ~ 37h24m. I think you may have a really good opportunity. The old crescent at sunrise on the 16 Apr should be very easy. At sunset on 17 Apr the ecliptic is very steep and with Moon north of it, the crescent will almost perpendicular to the horizon. This will allow you more time to seek the Moon as the sun sets. In the Astronomical Calendar, Guy Ottewell reports that Stephen J. O'Meara holds the naked eye record of 35h 42m and the binocular record goes to Don Pearce 35h 14 m. You wouldn't be too far from that. Hope the Mother Nature lets you try. peter Hi Vern,
Wish you lots of luck in April. Try for a world-class bracket interval ~ 37h24m. I think you may have a really good opportunity. The old crescent at sunrise on the 16 Apr should be very easy. At sunset on 17 Apr the ecliptic is very steep and with Moon north of it, the crescent will almost perpendicular to the horizon. This will allow you more time to seek the Moon as the sun sets.

In the Astronomical Calendar, Guy Ottewell reports that Stephen J. O’Meara holds the naked eye record of 35h 42m and the binocular record goes to Don Pearce 35h 14 m. You wouldn’t be too far from that. Hope the Mother Nature lets you try.

peter

]]> By: Vern http://www.raben.com/weblog/2007/03/19/moon-on-march-19/#comment-13944 Vern Thu, 22 Mar 2007 02:59:55 +0000 http://www.raben.com/weblog/2007/03/19/moon-on-march-19/#comment-13944 Hi Peter, I saw it visually with no problem naked eye. Contrast was much greater. I cropped the photo to reduce the brightness range. Also, since I had over-exposed the shot, I decreased brightness and increased the mid-tone brightness to try bring out the moon a little (without much success). Clearly I need to do lots of practice before the crescent next month. If the weather cooperates we might be able to spot the crescent just under 15 hrs past new next month here in Colorado. Hi Peter,

I saw it visually with no problem naked eye. Contrast was much greater. I cropped the photo to reduce the brightness range. Also, since I had over-exposed the shot, I decreased brightness and increased the mid-tone brightness to try bring out the moon a little (without much success). Clearly I need to do lots of practice before the crescent next month.

If the weather cooperates we might be able to spot the crescent just under 15 hrs past new next month here in Colorado.

]]> By: peter http://www.raben.com/weblog/2007/03/19/moon-on-march-19/#comment-13924 peter Thu, 22 Mar 2007 01:25:19 +0000 http://www.raben.com/weblog/2007/03/19/moon-on-march-19/#comment-13924 Hi Vern, Nice grab! Those are some thick, ominous clouds below. Was the contrast greater than what appears in the photo. Look forward to more of the crescent photos if you keep up the chase. peter Hi Vern,
Nice grab! Those are some thick, ominous clouds below. Was the contrast greater than what appears in the photo. Look forward to more of the crescent photos if you keep up the chase.
peter

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