Crescent Moon, 24 July 09 (afocal)

[StephenM]

Hi all,

Here's a quick hand-held afocal image of the thin crescent last night. Taken with a little Cybershot compact camera, through my 130mm Newtonian. It looked great with the naked eye as well!

Cheers,
Stephen

[Inmykombi]

Cool shot there Stephen.

I also saw the Moon last night and it was up pretty high from here near Gosford.
I didnt image it even though it looked really nice and clear.
I am glad you got a shot of it though.

I like the Moon when its a skinny sliver for some reason.:screwy:

Geoffro.

[lesbehrens]

nice. i just managed to see it last night, the clouds were moving over it.

[StephenM]

Thanks Geoff and Les!
I agree Geoff, thin crescents are always nice.

Cheers,
Stephen

[Lumen Miner]

Oh, that is very very, slick!! Nice work!! I particularly like your presentation of it. I like how you positioned the frame to accomadate the full moon, even if it isn't visible. Well done. Very professional looking.

[leon]

Excellent work Steven, I like it very much indeed, you have done well with this one, and it is so crisp in focus.

Leon

[StephenM]

Thanks very much Mitchell and Leon! This image was very rushed, so it's a bit surprising that it worked.

Cheers,
Stephen