Moonset Over Chiricahua Mountains - 1
The Moon (illuminated with bright Earthshine) sets behind the craggy peaks of the Chiricahua Mountains of Portal, AZ. The star to the upper right of the Moon is HR 6294, a double star in Ophiuchus.
Technical Details
- Subject: Crescent Moon with Earthshine
- Moon Data: Age = 2.0 days, Phase = 0.036, Diameter = 1780 arc-sec
- Date/Time: 2018 Nov 10 at 02:15 UTC
- Location: Portal, AZ
- Telescope: Vixen 80mm Fluorite Refractor (80mm, f/8, fl=640mm)
- Mount: Davis & Sanford
- Camera: Sony A6000
- Exposure: 1.6 s, f/7, ISO 1600
- File Name: Moonset2018Nov10-089-1w.jpg
- Processing: Curves, Unsharp Mask (Photoshop CC)
- Original Image Size: 4000 x 6000 pixels (24 MP); 13.3" x 20.0" @ 300 dpi
- Rights: Copyright 2018 by Fred Espenak. All Rights Reserved. See: Image Licensing.