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Moon, Venus, and Mercury -  07/08/05 - Blue River  near Tishomingo, Oklahoma

The Moon - 6 % illuminated cresent and Earthshine

Venus below Moon and Mercury to the lower left of Venus

Zoom lens set at 150mm F5.6 - Kodak 400 HD film  - 7 second exposure


Moon and Mercury over sunset -  7:00 PM 03/11/05

The Moon was only 40 hours past new Moon - 4 % illuminated

50mm lens at F5.6 - Fuji 200 Super HQ film  - 1/30 second exposure

contrast darkened 1 step by photo tech when negative was scanned on Fuji processing equipment

Film grain effect removed from scan with Noiseware software

Cropped to 2/3 height & full width size with Photoshop

 


Earthshine (thin sunlit crescent & Moon's darkside lit by sun light reflected off the Earth) :  7:47 PM 03/11/05

Low over horizon with lights in the distance - some Cirrus clouds just below the Moon

205 mm zoom lens at F3.5 - Fuji 200 Super HQ film  - 5 second exposure

contrast darkened 3 steps by photo tech when negative was scanned on Fuji processing equipment

Film grain effect removed from scan with Noiseware software

Brightness darkened a little more with Photoshop

 


1st Quarter Moon -  9:00 PM 02/15/05

8" F8 dob reflector -eyepiece projection using 25 mm eyepiece - Fuji 200 Super HQ film  - 1/30 second exposure