November 23, 2024

Waning Crescent Moon – 8/1 thru 8/4/2021 5:00am EDT

Waning Crescent Moon – 8/1 thru 8/4/2021 5:00am EDT

Telescope: Astro-Tech RC8 @ f/8, Orion Atlas EQ-G

Camera: Canon EOS Ra, Baader Mk III MPCC

Filter: Orion Imaging Skyglow Filter

Exposure: 64×1/250 sec, ISO 800, saved as RAW

Seeing: Fair, 3/5

White Balance: Nebulosity Automatic

Software: Backyard EOS, Autostakkert, Registax, Nebulosity, Photoshop

During the first week of August we had a series of clear-ish evenings and I ended each one by grabbing a quick set of images of the waning crescent moon. Each picture was taken at about 5 o’clock and shows the terminator sweeping across the vast expanse of Oceanus Procellarum on the morning of August 1st through the 4th.