Derby and District Astronomical Society



The Moon - 2 days old

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This picture of the two day old Moon with Mercury and Venus was taken by Chris Callaway from Coalville on the 24th May 2020. The image was taken with a Canon 5D camera, a 100-400mm lens at 148mm, with an exposure of 1/8 second, at f6.3 and ISO 200, using a Manfrotto tripod.  Image Credit: Chris Callaway.




These two images of the conjunction of the Moon and Venus on the 16th May 2010 were taken by Keith Plamping using a Panasonic DMC-TZ6 camera on a mini-tripod from a bedroom window. As he comments - "You don't need high-tech to have fun with astrophotography!"  Image Credit: Keith Plamping.






Chris Newsome took this picture of the 2.6 day old Moon on the 21st March 2007. It was taken with a Canon EOS 300D camera through a Celestron C8-NGT telescope. It is comprised of 8 frames ranging in exposure length from 1/250th second through to 6 seconds (at 100ASA). Each image was manually stacked and processed (opacity) in CS2 and then flattened before applying a slight unsharp mask. The range of exposures was used so as to try and retain as much detail in the sunlit side whilst bringing out the earthshine.  Image Credit: Chris Newsome.




Simon Allcock took this picture of the 2.6 day old Moon and Venus on the 21st March 2007. He used a Fuji FinePix A330 camera. The exposure was 1/2 second at 100 ASA.  Image Credit: Simon Allcock.



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