[AZ-Observing] Re: Young Moon
- From: "Jimmy Ray" <jimmy_ray@xxxxxxx>
- To: <az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 1 Jan 2014 21:37:09 -0700
Thank you Tom! Pierre set the bar high. I'll see if I can do better next
time:-)
What may have impacted your site was that there looked to be a fairly heavy
layer of haze or smoke around the southern point of the White Tanks and over
toward the Estrella's. Knowing your location, I could see where that might have
been a factor. There was sufficient haze to the West to make me question being
able to pick out the Moon. As I wasn't using a computer, I almost missed it
because I was sweeping a bit too far south at first but adjusted and picked it
up with 7 minutes to spare.
Thank you,
Jimmy Ray
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[mailto:az-observing-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Tom Polakis
Sent: Wednesday, January 01, 2014 9:23 PM
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Subject: [AZ-Observing] Re: Young Moon
That's impressive, Jimmy. Pierre Schwaar would have been proud. He made young
moon hunting into an obsession, and the youngest one he saw (from Sentinel) was
13 hours, 28 minutes. We saw it as an arc about 120 degrees long, with some
breaks in it -- similar to your photo.
I went to the industrial park at the end of my street with 10x30mm binos.
Despite knowing I was pointing in the right place, I failed to see it.
Tom
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