Observation by Peter Tickner: The Pink Moon that wasn't

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Peter Tickner

Observer

Peter Tickner

Observed

2020 Apr 08 - 20:16

Uploaded

2020 Apr 10 - 21:54

Objects

The Moon

Equipment

Apple iPhone 11 Pro Max

Exposure

No flash

Location

Urban Berkshire

Target name

Moon

Title

The Pink Moon that wasn't

About this image

The technology here impressed me. This is a view over my own home-built shed observatory with my 14inch SCT in its foil-wrapped dew shield on the left of picture pointing at Capella as I was lining up and getting focus right for a look at comet C/2019 Y4 ATLAS. I noticedthat the nearly full Moon was rising in the trees behind my observatory. I just had my iPhone to hand so climbed on a wall where I lost my balance as I took this picture but to my amazement it came out focused and clear. So a day after the 'Pink Super-Moon' nonsense I snapped this very orange Moon!

The only slight caveat is that it was a lot darker than the camera image suggests!

Peter

Files associated with this observation

An orange 'pink' Moon BAA.jpg (1.8 MB)

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