Observation by Steve Knight: 3.7 day old moon

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Steve Knight

Observer

Steve Knight

Observed

2022 Feb 04 - 17:08

Uploaded

2022 Feb 08 - 22:38

Objects

The Moon

Equipment

Slywatcher 127mm Maksutov Cassegrain
ZWO ASI174MM camera
642nm bandpass filter
AZ-GTI mount

Exposure

2ms, gain 75%, 4000 out of 6000 frames stacked

Location

Newbury

Target name

Moon

Title

3.7 day old moon

About this image

I was backup to Chris Hooker to show children the moon at Rutherford Labs Virtual Stargazing event. The sky was clear for Chris in Didcot so I took the opportunity to get an image of the moon. This is two images stitched together.

Files associated with this observation

Moon_170744_l4_ap481 registaxed_stitch cloned denoised (2) tweaked compressed.jpg (1.7 MB)

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