Moon and Nu Geminorum

[StephenM (Stephen)]

Hi All,

Here's a quick shot of the crescent Moon near 4th magnitude v Gem this evening. Taken with a Pentax K100D and 300mm telephoto. Captured the Earthshine as well.

Cheers,
Stephen

[rollmebackagain]

i've never understood this (i'm pretty new to all this)... what's earthshine?

sweet picture btw

[cookie8 (Vincent)]

Originally Posted by rollmebackagain

i've never understood this (i'm pretty new to all this)... what's earthshine?

sweet picture btw

At new moon the majority of the moon facing earth is not illuminated by the sun so should be completely dark but it isn't, why? Because it reflects Earth's light. This is called earthshine & was first explained by Leonardo da Vinci.

Vincent

[cookie8 (Vincent)]

This is the same cresent moon & Pollux last night taken with zoom lens working at 175mm
Thanks for looking
Vincent