6 DAYS CRESCENT MOON 32,6% ILLUMINATION

CETUS

(Image centered at: ra 00:36.46 / dec - 00:35)

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 January 18th 2021, 20:58 BA Time  (-3 hs Time Zone),  Home backyard, Martínez, Buenos Aires, Argentina

DATA

TYPE: Moon

APPARENT MAGNITUDE: -9,7

APPARENT SIZE: 30 arc minutes '

DISTANCE: 401.708 km

AGE: SIX DAYS

IMAGE INFORMATION

SCOPE: 8" ORION OPTICS UK at f5,75 TeleVue Paracorr

CAMERA: QSI 583 WS

MOUNT: SKY WATCHER NEQ6

FILTERS: Astronomik Ha 6nm 

SKY CONDITIONS: Urban Skies

EXPOSURES: Ha 0,08 secs 

OBJECT DESCRIPTION AND IMAGE SESSION

Before starting the image session from my backyard I decided to aim the telescope to the Moon which was above our house roof. Optics started to catch up the ambient temperature.

Too bright for the CCD so I used the Ha filter. Still blue sky thought...

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