New Moon on 2005/5/9

New Moon on 2005/5/9 20:46 EDT. Canon 300D DSLR, 185mm lens. 2.5 second, F5.6, ISO 800. Green Tree, Pittsburgh

Moon with Nikon coolpix 995 digital camera, 8" Dob afocal. 2002/4.

Anyone with a digital camera and a telescope can take photos like this.

Lunar Occultation

	Moon hides Saturn

The moon occults Saturn around 7:40pm EST 2001/11/30 here in Pittsburgh. Amazingly, overcast clouds here all day gave way to a deep blue sky barely 10 minutes before the occultation. I couldn't see Saturn with unaided eye -- it's too close to the bright full moon. But it's a dramatic view in an eyepiece: the moon was so much larger than the tiny poor Saturn. The above images were captured by a camcorder, hand-held to a 25mm eyepiece on an 8"/f6 dob.

Moon and Jupiter (top of image) over downtown Pittsburgh

Earthshine (the dark side of the moon is lit by sun light reflected from the earth) is evident. From Shenley Park, 135mm /f2.8 SLR, Fuji 800 negative film, 5 seconds, 2001/4/25 21:56 EDT

Moon hides Eta Geminorum

2001/4/27 22:34 EDT. Shown here are 6 consecutive video frames, 1/30 second per frame. The star is eta (7) Geminorum, proper name Propus, mag 3.3, occulted by phase=0.22 moon, seen here the dark side. Note the tiny light spot in the 4th frame -- it says the event lasted less than 1/30 second. How long does it actually take? 8" dob, camcorder, captured with USB D-link. At Wagman observatory.

2000/6/3 New moon in Yellowstone national park, Wyoming. The time shown is eastern time, so it is actually 9:30pm local time.

Moon, Saturn (top) ,and Jupiter (right). 2000/3/9. From Squirrel Hill, Pittsburgh with a camcorder.

Craters. Camcorder + 8" Dob. 99/10/20

A narrow miss. The moon almost occulted Aldebaran as seen in Pittsburgh, PA. 98/9/12 3:21am local time (UT-5). Binoculars view.

A two day old moon seen by the unaided eyes. 97/12/1 17:25 local time (UT+8).

Eyepiece projection photo. 60mm refractor, 12.5mm eyepiece, Kodak 400 negative, Pearl River SLR 50mm f2, 1/8 second. 96/5/1 21:30 local time (UT+8)

Sketch of Clavius made on 96/4/29 20:45 local time (UT+8)

Another eyepiece projection photo with the 60mm refractor.

Sketch 96/1/28 18:30 local time (UT+8)

Sketch made 4.5 hours later. The area corresponds to the upper half of the previous sketch. Note how the shadows change.

60mm refractor eye piece projection photo, 95/5/10

60mm refractor focal plane photo, Black-White ISO100 film. 95/5/10

Sketch of the Clavius crater made with the 60mm refractor. 95/4/12