Moon Age 27.1


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Date & Time: Dec 30 2013, 11:38 JST(+0900), mosaic of 4 flames
Optical: TAKAHASHI 12.5cm (4.9") Fluorite refractor (f=1000mmm, F8.0)
Auto-guided with VIXEN ATLUX Equatorial
Camera: CELESTRON Skyris445C
with BaaderPlanetarium IR-pass filter
Location: Ooizumi, Hokuto city, Yamanashi pref.

Camera Settings: 30 flames/sec.×6sec., Exp....1/100sec
150 flames stacked each & Wavelet process with Registax6



This image shows you a 27.1-phased thin moon visible in dawn eastern skies. I took this image during midday in higher altitude with the infrared to avoid the atmospheric fluctuation. Lower darker part is equivalent to a part of the Procellarum, Ocean, and upper part is occupied with mountain area.

 ¶ Geocentric distance: 364,100 km, Distance from observed location: 361,400 km




Moon Age 26.1

Around Iridum, SINUS


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