• The Crescent Moon
    • Past New Moon
  • A 7.5% Illuminated Moon in Cancer
  • Luna is a 2.4 day old waxing crescent and the view
  • is rotated to match the human perspective.
  • Date:  20 June 2023
  • FOV:  45' × 30'; the angular size of the Moon is 29.7'
  • Telescope:  Stellarvue SVX102T + SFFX-1 (714mm, f/7)
  • Guiding:  rough alignment tracking only
  • Computer:  ASIair pro Raspberry Pi
  • Mount:  ZWO AM5
  • Camera:  ASI071MC Pro at -10°C and 240 gain
  • Pixel size:  4.78 μm
  • Resolution:  1.339 arcsec/pixel
  • Filter:  Baader Light Pollution Moonglow filter with IR cut
  • Stacking:  Twenty 10 millisecond frames using Pixinsight
  • Total Time:  0.20 seconds
  • Processing:  Pixinsight – debayer, integration, ColorCalibration,
  • Linear Multiscale Transform, Curves Stretch, DynCrop/Scale
  • Location:  Stony Creek Boat Launch near Henderson, NY