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When Franklin Almost Met Newton

My favorite part of his autobiography has nothing to do with America or any of the latter events of the late 18th century.

I am under no illusion that seeing galaxies is possible from my location on Earth.

June 25, 2020 Paul 1242 Views 0 Comments DSLR, Moon

Today’s story begins on the prior night, when the Moon was an even thinner crescent.

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 1155 Views 0 Comments DSLR, 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.

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 1200 Views 0 Comments DSLR, 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.