Paul, Author at Computer Looking Up

Daytime Waning Crescent Moon, June 14th, 2020

June 20, 2020 Paul 792 Views 0 Comments Moon, Nature

Still going backwards and catching up on items from the past weeks. Last Sunday I took a walk and found the early Waning Crescent Moon.

Here is what I hope will be the return of an observation technique I have not done for a while – sketching.

You can also see sloping towards the right some of the brighter stars in the constellation Sagittarius.

June 12, 2020 Paul 746 Views 0 Comments Moon

I have been guessing, and I think correctly, that most people do not realize the Moon is visible in morning daylight.

This early morning view was simply too good to miss, so yes, I stayed up to at least see it when the Moon had risen high in the South.

June 2, 2020 Paul 657 Views 0 Comments Moon

I tried to get the overall sharpness, contrast, and brightness as close to the image from two nights ago as possible.

June 1, 2020 Paul 761 Views 0 Comments Moon

Here is another “by chance” image. I was outside early evening to photograph the rising Moon with my Canon EOS, to get a daytime shot.

May 31, 2020 Paul 725 Views 0 Comments Moon

With excellent viewing conditions on this cool night, I took a number of pictures of the Moon with my telescope and iPhone.

May 4, 2020 Paul 773 Views 0 Comments Moon

Time to start getting the telescopes out more regularly, as the weather warms but is not too warm yet.

I knew I had to act quickly to photograph them, as they were moving fast and I didn’t know how long they would be visible or if more were coming.