Tuesday, 13 January 2009

The Moon

I have been sifting through images on my observatory laptop and found this lovely image of our closest neighbour.
A few facts

Object: Waning Gibbous 15.4 Day Old Moon
Distance: 231094 Miles
Date: 15th September 08
Equipment: William Optics Megrez 90 Canon EOS 40D Subframes: 1 x 1/8th Second
Notes: Magnitude -12.79. Pictured in the constellation if Pisces.

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