When I go out to the desert for a bit of astrophotography, I never take pictures of the moon. This is because I deliberately go out on moonless nights.
However, I happen to have the telescope set up in my backyard at the moment because I wanted to test out a few things, so last night I finally did it. Marian wanted a picture of the (rare!) blue supermoon, so I took some time early in the evening and slewed over to the moon.
The exposure time for the moon is about one-thousandth of a second, so it only took half a minute to take 30 images. I wasn't actually sure if my software could stack a bunch of moon pictures since there are no stars to align the images, but it worked without a hitch. It turned out pretty well.
Are you sure that’s the moon? Looks like a rotting cantaloupe to me.
I think it's magical! A silver moon to make the werewolf howl.
Indeed, you can see the mycelia extending outwards from the fungal colonies.
Thank you. A close up of a blue moon brought to us by Kevin.
That photo is a better image than my eyes give me(kinda sad, that). Thanks.
Photos are easily better since they use bigger lenses than your eyes do and more sensitive photoreceptors.
Wow!
My blue moon comes in a bottle.
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How do we know that’s not the moon over Miami photoshopped to look like the moon over Irvine?
Very nice picture.
Thank you, Kevin! Thank you, Marian!