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Waning Gibbous Moon – 5/31/2021, 4:00am EST

Waning Gibbous Moon – 5/31/2021, 4:00am EST

Telescope: Celestron C9.25 @ f/10, Orion Atlas EQ-G

Camera: QHY 168c, -20C

Filter: Orion Imaging Skyglow Filter

Exposure: 2x(128×0.001sec), saved as FITS

Seeing: poor, 2/5

White Balance: Nebulosity Automatic

Software: Sharpcap Pro, Nebulosity, Registax, ICE, Photoshop

This is a 2-panel mosaic of the waning gibbous moon taken at the end of a long night of imaging shortly before dawn. (Photo credit; John Graham, 5/31/2021)