Observation by Steve Brown: Moon corona

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Steve Brown

Observer

Steve Brown

Observed

2021 Feb 27 - 23:04

Uploaded

2021 Mar 06 - 15:33

Objects

The Moon

Equipment

Canon 250D DSLR
Static tripod

Exposure

0.8 second exposure, f/4, ISO-800, 75mm focal length

Location

North Yorkshire

Target name

Moon

Title

Moon corona

About this image

Cloud is usually troublesome for astronomy but sometimes it can result in a attractive effect. I saw this corona halo around the Moon one evening and just had to take a picture. It is a particularly even example and colourful.

Files associated with this observation

Moon corona.jpg (1.6 MB)

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David Basey, Mike Harlow

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