A 99.8% Illuminated Moon in Capricorn
Luna is a 14.6 day old full blue supermoon, the second in August, 2023.
At 2:00 a.m. EDT, the moon's altitude was 38° and its light is not filtered
by much atmosphere or smoke. The color is balanced to match the
perceived color at the time the picture was taken. The blue color
of the overlay is artistic fancy. The view is rotated for 42° North.
Hover over the picture for a purely artistic rendering of a blue moon.
Date: 31 August 2023
FOV: 51' × 34'; the angular size of the Moon is 33.8'
Telescope: Askar FRA300 pro (300mm f/5 Petzval)
Guiding: tracking only
Computer: ASIair pro Raspberry Pi
Mount: ZWO AM5
Camera: ASI6200MC Pro at -10°C
Pixel size: 3.76 μm
Resolution: 2.596 arcsec/pixel
Filter: in camera UV/IR cut
Stacking: Three hundred fifty 2.00 milliseconds frames using AutoStakkert!
Calibration frames: none
Total Time: 700 milliseconds
Processing: Pixinsight – MultiLinearTransform, DynCrop/Rotate,
HistoTransform, ColorCalibration, Scale
Location: My driveway in DeWitt, NY
