• Da Plane!  Da Plane!
    • Supermoon and Plane
  • A 99.6% Illuminated Moon in Capricorn
  • Luna is a 14.9 day old full supermoon, the first in August, 2023.
  • Look Boss!  Da Plane!  Da Plane!
  • The view is rotated to match 42° North.
  • Date:  1 August 2023
  • FOV:  51' × 34'; the angular size of the Moon is 33.5'
  • Telescope:  Stellarvue SVX102T + SFFX-1 (714mm, f/7)
  • Guiding:  tracking only
  • Computer:  ASIair pro Raspberry Pi
  • Mount:  ZWO AM5
  • Camera:  Canon 70D, 18°C
  • Pixel size:  4.09 μm
  • Resolution:  1.143 arcsec/pixel
  • Filter:  in camera UV/IR cut
  • Stacking:  single 0.001 second frame
  • Calibration frames:  none
  • Total Time:  1 millisecond
  • Processing:  Pixinsight – Debayer, MultiLinearTransform, DynCrop/Rotate,
  • HistoTransform, ColorCalibration, Scale
  • Location:  Darling Hill Observatory near Vesper, NY