Anybody willing to try and beat this?

Well, the title says it all! Jerry Lodriguss got this on Saturday, the young moon only 27.5 hrs old, I'd love to give it a go

Does anybody know the record for imaging the oldest/youngest thin crescent moon?

www.astropix.com/HTML/SHOWCASE/CRESCENT.HTM

Keith..

There was a fabulously thin moon last night.
The earthshine was very visible, but nothing as thin as that!

WOW ... that is one VERY thin crescent!

BB

Last night's Moon was a nice thin crescent, but it was close on, or even over, fifty hours. You can get lower than that. My personal best is 33 hours. Now that's thin! I think the unofficial IFAS record goes to Ronan Newman who saw one which was under 28 hours old. Lucky bugger.

My record is 38hrs, now there's a new observing challenge

Keith..

Keith et al,

The record for observing the new moon is very close to 15 hrs and this is something that was mentioned in S&T about a year or so ago. I recall reading that it was attributed to a 15-yr old (yeap!) using large binoculars.

Furthermore, one of the very latest issues of S&T has an article dedicated to the new moon and its observation (again) and it addresses specifically this period of the year due to the fact that the sun and moon are coming along the ecliptic in almost a vertical manner which means the moon's distance from the sun is maximized vertically, thus helping further in this exercise.

As for Jerry Lodriguss, he is one of the best around.

Anthony.