A close lunar study.
This frame remains part of the Lost Photons archive.
- What am I looking at?
- A close lunar study.
- How far away is it?
- About 238,900 miles (384,400 km) away on average.
- Where is it in the sky?
- The Moon moves through the zodiac constellations and changes phase every month.
- When is the best time to photograph it?
- Near the terminator (the day/night line) for dramatic craters, or at specific phases for different moods.
Capture summary
Lunar in Moon
Natural color
Lunar close-up
Spring target / square composition
Detailed filter totals have not been entered for this image yet.
When to image this target
Lunar in Moon; best planned for March through May from New Jersey.
Spring favors higher galaxy fields and northern targets after evening twilight.
Assumes a New Jersey backyard horizon and evening imaging.
Good seeing matters more than dark skies; the terminator gives the strongest surface relief.
Moon is listed here in Moon.
Current frame: Natural color / Lunar close-up.
Live altitude, moon, and filter guidance
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Next upper transit.
Approximate horizon crossing.
Moon phase and altitude.
Acquisition & processing notes
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How I captured this
- Equipment used
- From my current rig
- Mount
- iOptron CEM60
- Telescope
- Explore Scientific FCD100 127mm Carbon Fiber Triplet APO
- Camera
- ZWO ASI2600MM Pro
- Filters
- Chroma 36mm Ha, OIII, SII, and LRGB (ZWO EFW 7×36mm)
- Focuser / rotator
- MoonLite NiteCrawler
- Reducer
- Starizona Apex ED 0.65×
- Guiding
- ZWO off-axis guider + ASI290MM Mini
- Control / power
- PrimaLuceLab Eagle 4S, Powerwerx PSU, Bioenno field battery, and MEGAbox
