Moon & Mercury

renormalised (Carl) · #1 22-08-2009, 08:42 PM

Took this around 7pm tonight, after most of the twilight had gone...

Not too bad for a little handheld...

Canon Powershot A460 (5MP) on tripod
f5.8 21.6mm
ISO400 with 1" shutter
Barely touched up in the GIMP

Little grainy due to jpeg compression (original pic is 216KB)

Plenty of Earthshine....just make out the mare.

Lumen Miner (Mitchell) · #2 22-08-2009, 08:47 PM

Oh!! Nice image!!

They are back burning around me at the moment... So i'm cruzin' the forum tonight

DavidU (Dave) · #3 22-08-2009, 08:49 PM

I like that !

mithrandir (Andrew) · #4 22-08-2009, 08:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lumen Miner

They are back burning around me at the moment...

Around Castle Hill too. And it's been raining.

20A lab power supply wet before I could get it inside.

Dennis · #5 22-08-2009, 10:31 PM

Hi Carl

Yes – very nice indeed, an excellent photo showing the beauty of Earthshine. Is that Saturn at lower right?

Cheers

Dennis

renormalised (Carl) · #6 22-08-2009, 10:36 PM

It might be, Dennis. Not sure yet, but I'll run Starry Night and see what I get for my location.

Lumen Miner (Mitchell) · #7 22-08-2009, 10:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mithrandir

Around Castle Hill too. And it's been raining.

20A lab power supply wet before I could get it inside.

Clouds are clearing now though, I think some smoke is still hanging around.

renormalised (Carl) · #8 22-08-2009, 10:43 PM

Dennis, just checked Starry Night. I'm not 100% confident but it probably is Saturn.

DavidU (Dave) · #9 22-08-2009, 11:00 PM

Saturn for sure