Tonights Lunar Crescent!

Heres a few snaps i took this evening of the waxing crescent Moon with Earthshine at various camera settings....









Visually the moon and earthshine were stunning through the 8" at 49X, the shallow solar angle showed an array of dark 'pits' along the Maria. Did anyone else see that extremely slow moving Satellite to the east of the moon? Heres an image...



I did a little bit of comet hunting but had to bring the session to an end due to poor trans and dense murk which reflected light pollution.

Clear skies

Love the 1st shot with the craters visible

Also - the one with the earthshine. Visibly this a beautiful to look at, nice captures Martin!

Keith..

Thanks very much keith....i really enjoyed taking these lunar captures and getting more familiar with my cameras settings..it was a learning experience. Pity about the murk and fog though.

Yeah poor enough weather, was out at 5am again this morning :idea:

but loads of orange skyglow, just too bad... :roll:

Keith..