[AZ-Observing] Re: new moon image
- From: "Rick Tejera" <saguaroastro@xxxxxxx>
- To: <az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2007 20:45:12 -0700
I observed it last night around 1915, which put the age at 23h 33 min
(According to SkyMap Pro v 11, New moon was 18 Mar 1942.
Still waiting for the launch
Clear Skies
Rick Tejera
President, Editor SACnews
Saguaro Astronomy Club
Phoenix, Arizona
www.saguaroastro.org
saguaroastro@xxxxxxx
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[mailto:az-observing-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Richard Payne
Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2007 8:22 PM
To: az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [AZ-Observing] Re: new moon image
Sam, yes it was cropped it wasn't the most photogenic foreground.I found a
website you can plug in the time and it gives the moons age:
http://www.cycletourist.com/moon/
Richard
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From: <sam@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2007 8:01 PM
Subject: [AZ-Observing] Re: new moon image
Nice shot, Richard. Did you crop this image? I am comparing this to what I
took at 420mm focal length:
http://www.pbase.com/pegsam/image/75959776
I know your image dimensions are larger than what I posted, but I would not
have expected the Moon to be so much larger in your image.
And how did you estimate the age at 21 hours? We couldn't have been more
than 20 minutes from the timing of our shots, but both of my planetarium
programs (The Sky and Starry Night Pro) put the age at 1.09 days. Is there a
better source to get the phase and "age" of the Moon?
Sam
Tucson
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