As we lead our daily lives, our planet Earth rotates around our Sun cradled within the Milky Way galaxy we belong to. Nightly, amateur astronomers around the world peer into the sky using their telescopes and cameras.
We come across the brightest object in our natural sky, the Moon.
The Moon It is 1/400th the size of the Sun and is perfectly aligned with the Sun, it defys astronomical odds as to how it could be eactly where it is at...
First Quarter Moon
233,900 miles away, 11/11/21 @ 11:26 CST
.1 secs (.01s subs x 10) Nd96 filter, 11" scope
left/right mosiac of the terminator line
Resolution: 4656 x 3520
Full Moon 97.5%
284,600 miles away
6/26/21 @ 12:36 CDT
60 millisecs (.001s subs x 60) Narrowband filter, 11" scope
Resolution: 3840 x 2160
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