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Blog post: ajb: Moon Pictures 5th March 2012

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Here are some pictures I took of the Moon on the evening of the 5th March 2012. The phase of the Moon is Waxing Gibbous 91% full.

 

 

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They were all taken using a simple "point and click" digital camera directly though the eye piece of my Bresser Skylux NG 70-700 refractor. The eyepeice lens was 20mm.

 

 

 

The results are not great, but they give you some idea of what is possible using very modest equipment.

 

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