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Curious Location to See the Moon

I don’t always photograph the Moon in broad daylight. But when I do, I try to include a former world’s tallest building, for perspective.

The current positions and timing of our planets offer an opportunity to see both Jupiter and Venus in the sky shortly after Dusk.

Above Leo and to the left you can see Coma Berenices. It sort of blends in with the other fainter stars directly above Leo.

May 18, 2018 Paul 1411 Views 0 Comments Moon, Venus

If you look closely above and to the left of the Moon, you can see stars. They were not visible to me at the time I took this picture.

For the Spring Triangle, you are seeing the complete and full dimensions of the source image.

I will say this for cloudy weekdays – at least I don’t have to make up excuses for not taking my telescope and camera out on a “school night.”

Just one problem, though – the Moon was approaching Full and washed much of the sky out. So I settled for looking at the Moon, mostly.

April 19, 2018 Paul 1398 Views 0 Comments Moon

The Moon is now significant higher than Venus after Sunset, and fuller. So I took my digital camera and tripod outside to take the above picture.

April 17, 2018 Paul 1339 Views 0 Comments Moon, Venus

Despite the unseasonably cold chill (the reason I have not posted anything for several weeks), I set up my camera to take this photograph.

March 31, 2018 Paul 1351 Views 0 Comments Moon

The beaming Moon, contrasted to the blurry haze of last night’s, was too tempting a target not to get my camera and tripod out.