Moon
From the author of Sizing Up The Universe
Click here to see animations of the Moon showing its varying apparent size and its oscillatory libration.
Moon on night when Comet ZTF was close
18:53 EST, February 2, 2023
ZWO ASI2400MC-Pro on 10" Ritchey-Chretien
64 images at 1/30th second each using L-Extreme filter (by mistake)
Strawberry Super Full Moon
01:49 EDT, June 14, 2022
ZWO ASI2400MC-Pro on 10" Ritchey-Chretien
Two frame mosaic.
One frame is a stack of 40 exposures.
The other frame is a stack of 56 exposures.
Each exposure is 0.008 seconds.
Toenail Moon
16:07 EDT, November 5, 2021
Trius SX-694 on 10" Ritchey-Chretien
Angular separation from Sun: 12.3 degrees.
Three frame mosaic.
Each frame is a stack of twenty 0.002 second exposures with
Red filter.
Blue sky background added artificially.
Quarter Moon
22:22 EDT, June 16, 2021
Trius SX-694 on 10" Ritchey-Chretien
R = 0.005sec, G = 0.005sec, B = 0.005sec.
Crescent Moon
16:23 EDT, Dec 18, 2020
Canon T2i DSLR on 10" Ritchey-Chretien
Two 30-second videos
Crescent Moon
17:07 EDT, Nov 16, 2020
Canon T2i DSLR on 10" Ritchey-Chretien
A stack of ten 1/40-second exposures
Halloween Moon --- Bright view
Halloween Moon --- High Dynamic Range version
21:52 EDT, Oct 31, 2020
Canon T2i DSLR on 10" Ritchey-Chretien
Two frame mosaic. Each frame is a stack of forty 1/640-second exposures taken at ISO 400
Crescent Moon
19:57 EDT, Sept 19, 2020
Trius SX-694 on 10" RC
Green Filter. Exposure: 0.3 sec.
Three frame mosaic, AI denoise.
PINK MOON
20:58-21:53 EDT, April 6, 2020 (Pink Moon)
StarlightXpress Trius SX-694 on 10" RC
Eleven-image Mosaic of best-of-ten-luminance images.
Exposure: 0.005 sec.
Click on image to see larger version (2244x1955 px). Click here to see the full-sized (6732x5864 px) version.
First Quarter Moon
22:10 EDT, July 18, 2018
Trius SX-694 on 10" RC
Green Filter. Exposure: 1/20 sec.
68 image stack, mild unsharp mask.
BLUE MOON
22:35 EDT, July 30, 2015 (Blue Moon)
Canon 450D on 10" RC
Four-image Mosaic of 8-image stacks.
Exposure: 1/2400 sec at ISO 800.
SUPERMOON
Click here for some ``Supermoon/Minimoon''
comparisons.
23:30 EDT, Aug 9, 2014 (Supermoon)
Canon 450D on 10" RC
Five-image stack of four-image Mosaics.
Exposure: 1/400 sec at ISO 200.
Daytime Moon
With sky glow subtracted
19:01 EDT, Apr 6, 2014
Canon 450D on 10" RC
Stack of 8 images.
Exposure: 1/1000 sec at ISO 1600.
22:16 EST, Feb 11, 2011
Starlight Express SXV-H9 on 10" RC
R=0.001 sec. 13 panel mosaic. Each panel is best of 3 images.
Color added from DSLR image.
18:08 EST, Jan 07, 2011
Canon XSi (450D) on 10" RC
1/10 sec, 100 ISO.
Two-frame mosaic from 20 images. Unsharp mask.
Brighter
Dimmer
Enhanced Color
20:40 EST, Dec 19, 2010
Canon XSi (450D) on 10" RC
1/80 sec, 100 ISO.
Two-frame mosaic. Unsharp mask. Denoise.
22:09 EST, Apr 17, 2008
Starlight Express SXV on Tak FSQ106N
R=5x0.001 sec, G=6x0.001 sec, B=6x0.001 sec.
Moon In Enhanced Color
Moon in 3D
View cross-eyed for 3D effect
Assembled from images below (June 19, 2005 and July 5, 2009)
Moon With Mystery Silhouette
22:09 EST, Apr 17, 2008
Starlight Express SXV on Tak FSQ106N
R=0.001 sec.
Moon Mosaic (Phase 29 degrees)
22:00 EDT, June 19, 2005
Starlight Express SXV on 10" RC
Mosaic of 21 single frames in H-alpha.
Each frame 0.15 sec.
Bigger: 1760x1824 (171 Kb) Biggest: 3520x3648 (578 Kb)
4th of July Moon
23:16 EDT, Jul 5, 2009
ToUcam on 4" Tak FSQ
Mosaic of 4 frames, each frame a stack from a short video.
Each frame 1/10,000 sec.
Moon Occults The Pleiades
19:57 EST, Apr 1, 2006
Starlight Express SXV on 10" RC
Stack of 22 single frames in O-III.
Each frame 0.2 sec.
Moon Terminator (Phase 96 degrees)
21:45 EDT, April 15, 2005
ToUcam on 10" RC w/ 2x and 1.5x Barlows
Mosaic of 7 video frames at 10 seconds each.
Each frame 1/25 sec.