Moon Phases and Views

Images showcasing various phases of the moon, including crescent and full moon views captured from telescopes and space.

Supermoon Perigee-syzygy of the Earth-Moon-Sun complex Copyright: xZoonar.com/ThomasxMalesx 7829824

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Moon Background being Earth’s only permanent natural satellite.. Moon Background being Earth’s only permanent natural satellite

$A composite of the August 21, 2017 total solar eclipse assembled using the HDR program Photomatix Pro v6. The composite is from 11 exposures, from 1/1000 to 0.4 seconds. All taken with the Astro-Physics 106mm apo refractor at f/5 and 500mm focal length with the Canon 6D MkII at ISO 100. In addition to the HDR set, I layered in a 12th exposure taken just before third contact, blended with Darken mode and with a luminosity mask to reveal just its contribution of the inner corona and prominence$

$The 4-day-old waxing crescent Moon on April 8, 2019 in a blend of short and long exposures to bring out the faint Earthshine on the dark side of the Moon and deep blue twilight sky while retaining details in the bright sunlit crescent.This is with the 105mm Traveler refractor and 2X AP Barlow lens for an effective focal length of 1200mm at f/12, and with the cropped-frame Canon 60Da at ISO 400, in a blend of 7 exposures from 1/30 second to 2 seconds, blended with luminosity masks from ADP Pro$

$9-day-old gibbous Moon, taken April 23, 2010, with Astro-Physics 130mm apo refractor, plus 2x Barlow for f/12 and 1600mm focal length. Canon 7D camera at ISO 100. Seeing poor -- this was the sharpest of the lot.$