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Late-Winter Moon and Back with the Dobsonian

Weather conditions and my availability aligned perfectly tonight to take this picture of the Moon from my telescope.

After I photographed the Sun the day prior, I used the same equipment to image the Moon. In this article I compare the setups.

What’s it like to photograph the Sun in the middle of Winter? I decided to try with my #telescope on this very cold Saturday morning.

During this month’s Lunar Eclipse, I witnessed a bright and large meteor streak from approximately Zenith into the Southwest.

This Lunar Eclipse was very similar to January 2019’s, the most notable difference being that the red was nowhere near as vibrant as in ’19.

The string of consecutive pleasant-weather days and nights continued, though this late afternoon was tempting the streak.

Continuing the daily series this week of evening astrophotography sessions, tonight I focused completely on the Moon.

As promised, the Moon has appeared to creep closer to Venus.

This is a rare view of the Moon. Looking through my archives, the only time I photographed a similar phase was after the 2017 Solar Eclipse.

So I did what any amateur astrophotographer would do…I got out my iPhone, set it to “Pano” mode, and took the accompanying long picture.