Observation by Simon Dawes: 7 day old Moon

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Simon Dawes

Observer

Simon Dawes

Observed

2018 Feb 22 - 22:00

Uploaded

2018 Feb 23 - 21:55

Objects

The Moon

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Constellation

Grus

Field centre

RA: 23^h03^m
Dec: -40°53'
Position angle: +53°15'

Field size

5°32' × 5°32'

Equipment

Sky Watcher MN190
Canon EOS 600D (Full Spectrum Mod)
CLSCCD clip-in filter
EQ6

Exposure

90 x 1/100s

Location

Bexleyheath, Kent (S.E. London really), England

Target name

The Moon

Title

7 day old Moon

About this image

It was a bitterly cold, still night, illuminated only by the glow produced by incompetent town planners and paranoid households; scared of the dark and uncaring of the environment; but tonight, there was an otherworldly glow in the night sky, a setting 7-day old Moon, its silver glow seeming to chill the night a few degrees further.

These rays from the Sun seem to be devoid of heat and were never intended to be seen from the Earth, but fortunately for me the Moon got in the way, reflecting just a few towards my telescope.

Files associated with this observation

2018-02-22 1st Qt Moon.jpg (402.0 kB)

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Graham Winstanley, David Basey, Jeremy Shears, Peter Mulligan, Peter Carson, David Hancox, Simon Dawes

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