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September 1, 2024November 22, 2024

Best iPhone ISO and Exposure Settings for Moon Phases

Posted By: Paul 898 Views 0 Comment How To, Moon

This is a general guide to iPhone camera settings when taking pictures of the Moon. It covers recommended settings at each Moon phase.

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June 22, 2024August 26, 2024

53% Waxing Gibbous Moon, April 2024

Posted By: Paul 1128 Views 0 Comment Moon

I was able to photograph the Moon on back-to-back days this April. You can compare the 43% Moon to the 53% version 24 hours later.

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May 10, 2024August 26, 2024

43% Waxing Crescent Moon, April 2024

Posted By: Paul 1124 Views 0 Comment Moon

More testing and trials of my new Celestron 9.25″ telescope, this time against the 43% illuminated Crescent Moon.

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April 13, 2024September 2, 2024

New Telescope! Tested on the 23% Moon

Posted By: Paul 646 Views 0 Comment Moon, Telescope

This image of the 23% Waxing Crescent Moon is the first taken and posted with my new telescope, a Celestron NexStar Evolution 9.25″ Schmidt-Cassegrain. Optics worked perfectly, and auto-tracking was flawless.

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April 10, 2024September 2, 2024

Life After Eclipse: 2% Waxing Crescent Moon

Posted By: Paul 505 Views 0 Comment Moon

In case you have not heard, there was a solar eclipse earlier this week. But on the day after, the Moon started its next cycle, and I captured this extremely thin and jagged crescent.

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March 2, 2024September 2, 2024

The “Hollywood Moon” Revisited: Two Examples

Posted By: Paul 514 Views 0 Comment Commentary, Moon

The oversized Moon has been used frequently in film and television. Here I show two recent examples of artistic Lunar photography, one good and one bad, from shows on MGM+.

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December 30, 2023September 1, 2024

Last Call of 2023: 89.5% Waning Gibbous Moon

Posted By: Paul 456 Views 0 Comment Moon

I was not planning on another Moon photo session this year, but being the weekend with an ultra clear sky, I did not want to pass this opportunity up.

If I do not write again Anno Domini Two Thousand and Twenty-Three, I hope you, dear reader, have a good weekend and turn toward the next calendar, and please be ready for more blog articles in 2024!

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December 27, 2023September 1, 2024

~99% Waning Gibbous Moon, Last of 2023

Posted By: Paul 406 Views 0 Comment Moon

This one is not exactly a Full Moon, but it is close, on the other side of true Full. And it is likely the last Moon I will photograph for 2024 unless some ideal conditions open up.

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December 25, 2023September 2, 2024

Christmas Eve 93% Waxing Gibbous Moon, 2023

Posted By: Paul 417 Views 0 Comment Moon

This being Christmas, I decided to have a little seasonal fun with today’s image. I previously captured an airplane and geese flying near or through my view of the Moon. Is it so difficult to believe that Santa Claus himself could make a cameo on this of all nights?

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November 12, 2023September 1, 2024

The Closest of the Bright Objects

Posted By: Paul 440 Views 0 Comment Moon, Venus

In all the years I have photographed the Moon and Venus together, this is likely the closest I have ever seen them in the sky.

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