Observing the moon


Moon phases

Zooming on the moon

Closer and closer

Moving lunar shadows

Moon atlas

Moon lights

Earthshines

Lunar conjunctions


Moving lunar shadows

 

This animation shows the sun rising over the lunar Alps. It is made of two pictures captured one hour apart on 12/19/2004. Pictures were taken with a Philips Vesta Pro webcam placed at the focus of 8" MEADE LX200 telescope equipped with a 2x Barlow lens (F/D=20).

The longest shadow is casted by the Mont Blanc culminating at 3600m.

Lunar Alps 12/19/2004

 

 

Below, a movie made of two pictures of Copernicus crater taken on 03/04/2001 and 03/05/2001 at one day of interval. These pictures were taken with a MEADE ETX90-EC telescope and an EPSON PC3000Z digital camera placed behind a 25mm Super Plössl eyepiece.

Copernic 03/04/2001 & 03/05/2001

 



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