The Moon at 25 Days Old


Combination of 11, 0.05 second images. Modified Canon Digital Rebel DSLR camera.
5" f/5 refractor at prime focus.

By the time the Moon is 25 days old, the terminator is sweeping across Sinus Iridum while the last few craters on Oceanus Procellarum are receiving their last rays of the Sun.


0.01 second image. SBIG ST-8XE CCD with a blue filter.
8" f/10 schmidt-cassegran at prime focus.


Combination of 5, 0.1 second images. Modified Canon Digital Rebel DSLR camera.
5" f/5 refractor at prime focus.

The Moon at 25 days old. On this night the Moon passed less than 1 degree south of the planet Mars. This conjunction is visible in the image below.


Combination of 5, 5 second images. Modified Canon Digital Rebel DSLR camera.
5" f/5 refractor at prime focus.