Moon at lunation 1
by Vern on Jun.17, 2007, under Astronomy, Lunar
Here is the moon from Friday evening, almost exactly 1 day after new (24 hrs and 1 minute). It is the youngest crescent I’ve imaged thus far. We spotted it easily with binoculars and then naked eye 10 mintes earlier. 
Location was Fox Park, Wyoming on Friday June 15th at 9:14pm MDT. Equipment was Celestron Nexstar11, F3.3 focal reducer, and Canon Xti camera. Single frame 1/25sec at ASA 400. Cropped, brightness enhanced, and resized with Photoshop Elements2. Sky was mostly clear, temperature around 50° F, no wind, high humidity, transparency very good, and turbulence 6/10.
1 comment for this entry:
June 18th, 2007 on 9:22 am
Nice shot, Vern! Will probably use this inthe field to show others what we’re doing on those crescent hunt days. I could of kicked myself for forgetting my camera for this crescent. Our observing experience was similar to yours, except bins first then 3 minutes later naked eye.
peter