It was a little cloudy in the afternoon but as it cleared in the early evening the moon peeked out of ever enlarging sucker holes presenting the perfect opportunity to capture Earth Shine.
What a fantastic night it was. Thanks again Peter for opening up your Observatory to us.
Hi Jeanette, last year I was involved in recording data on a grazing occultation of Antares. It really was most interesting watching Antares disappear and reappear behind the mountain peaks and craters along the Luna limb.
With the naked eye the limb looks so clean, sort of featureless but to see a star grazing it underlined how rugged the topography is which we clearly see when we observe near the terminator as you have mentioned.
Stephen, I used the canon 20d at prime focus of my 8".
I cropped and applied a clarify filter using Paint Shop Pro.
It was a 2 second exposure @iso 100 I think. have to check the exif info to be sure.
Thanks for looking everyone. I thoroughly enjoyed taking these shots, I've never tried for earthshine before.
Smooth & glowing, very nice!
