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This moon was 30 hours before new. The faint dark shaft around the moon may be a crepuscular ray.

This image was published in the February 2002 Gallery section of Sky & Telescope magazine.

  • Title: Earthshine
  • Exposure: 4 seconds @ f/6.7
  • Telescope: Astro-Physics 130 EDF
  • Mount: Astro-Physics 600E QMD
  • Camera: Pentax 67
  • Film: Kodak E200
  • Location: Pearce, AZ
  • Date: 15-Oct-01 05:38 MST
  • Conditions: transparency 6, seeing 6, 43F, RH 50%
  • Processing: UMAX PowerLook 3000, Adobe Photoshop 6.0.1

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