This page contains my GIANT MOONS, both in pixels size and file size.
Unless stated otherwise: all these images are mosaics: a combination of a lot of individual frames, carefully and painstakingly stitched together.
Ah, you want to know how I make these moon mosaics? There is a full write-up on my Tutorials pages.
I have used the MOONTOOL to determine the exact moon age of the cycle.
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March 23 through 27, 2002 Libration of the moon (click the image to enlarge) The libration explained. Here is is the famous animation by António Cidadão. |
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the same place when the Moon has the same age as in a previous cycle.
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Astonishing enough: this is NOT the case, as the moon ‘shakes’ her head a bit:
this phenomenon is called Libration of Longitude.<br>
The ‘nodding’ motion of the moon is called Libration of Altitude.
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The effect of the Libration of Longitude you can see yourself by comparing the images.
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This comparison of the mosaic of the 8 day 17 hour old moon with the 8 day 23 hour old moon nicely shows the effects of the Libration of Longitude. |
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February 5, 2003, 2003 15:53 UT. The 3 day 23 hours 54 minutes old moon. |
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February 18, 2002 16:40 - 16:50 UT. The 5 day 17 hour old moon. |
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January 15, 2005 15:22 UT. The 5 day 17 hour old moon. Not a mosaic, but first light for my 400mm SLR Photolens. |
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January 15, 2005 17:21 - 17:26 UT. The 5 day 19 hour old moon. |
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March 27, 2004 16:33 - 16:40 UT. The 6 day 5 hour old moon. |
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June 7, 2003 19:46 UT. The 7 day 8 hour old moon. |
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May 16, 2005 17:32 UT. The 7 day, 16 hour 51 minute old moon. During a walk I over the Hungarian Puszta saw the 1st Quarter moon and I did not hesitate but imaged. Not a mosaic but a one shot free hand image - so without any tripod or support - with Nikon Coolpix 995 digital camera. |
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April 21, 2002 18:25 - 18:55 UT. The 8 day 17 hour old moon. |
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November 20, 2004 19:41 -19:54 UT. The 8 day 23 hour old moon. |
 would be on exactly
the same place when the Moon has the same age as in a previous cycle.
<br>
Astonishing enough: this is NOT the case, as the moon shakes her head a bit:
this phenomenon is called Libration of Longitude.<br>
The ‘nodding’ motion of the moon is called Libration of Altitude.
<br>
The effect of the Libration of Longitude you can see yourself by comparing the images.
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This comparison of the mosaic of the 8 day 17 hour old moon with the 8 day 23 hour old moon nicely shows the effects of the Libration of Longitude. |
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March 23, 2002 18:37 UT. The 9 day 3 hour old moon. |
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December 7, 2008 19:23 - 19:54. 9 Piece Mosaic of the Terminator of the 9 day 7 hour old moon When you click the thumbnail you will see the half sized image: 1250 x 3000 pixels; 267 Kb. Click here for the full sized image 2500 x 6000 pixels; 932 Kb] Imaged with LX 200 10-inch f/10 [focal length 2500mm] in prime focus. Camera: Trust WB-5400 webcam in 1280x1024 pixels format. Post processing of the individual AVIs: as per my Planetary Post Processing Tutorial. Mosaic: manually constructed in Photoshop. Seeing: 8/10, transparency 7/10, almost freezing. I had problems in imaging the bottom part of the mosaic because of trees ... |
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January 2, 2004, 17:13 UT. The 10 day 8 hour old moon. |
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May 30, 2004 18:04 UT. The 10 day 20 hour 48 minute old moon. Location: Bugac Puszta [Hungary]. I am quite pleased with this image, as it demonstrates that with my 300mm SLR Photolens acceptable moon images are possible, even from my EQ1 mount in non-motorized drift mode. |
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April 1, 2004 21:32 - 21:48 UT. The 11 day 1 hour old moon. |
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June 18, 2005 20:18 UT. The 11 day 2 hour old moon. Imaged with Maksutov 10cm f/10 in prime focus with Nikon Coolpix 995 and DCL-28 adapter via the zenith mirror. |
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April 13, 2003 19:16 UT. The 11 day 7 hour old moon. |
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March 25, 2002 19:11 UT. The 11 day 8 hour old moon. |
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February 28, 2007 17:33 UT. Moon - 11 days 18 hours. First Light for my William Optics Zenithstar 80 ED II APO. I am happy with that 5 minute gap in the clouds! |
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November 5, 2003 19:27 UT. The 11 day 20 hour old moon. |
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Contrast : 51% - raw: 32 (0 .. 63) <br>
Gamma : 3% - raw: 1 (0 .. 31) <br>
Color Mode : 255 (0=off) <br>
WhiteBalanceM : 3 (0=lamp,1=sun,2=FL,3=manual,4=auto) <br>
WhiteBalRed : 100% - raw: 127 (0 .. 127) <br>
WhiteBalBlue : 53% - raw: 67 (0 .. 127) <br>
FPS : 0 (0..5=5,10,15,20,25,30) <br>
NonSC Exposure: 6 (0..10=longest to shortest - depends on camera) <br>
Gain : 8% - raw: 5 (0 .. 63) <br>
FlipHorizontal: 0 (0=off) <br>
AutoExposure : 0 (0=off) <br>
Seeing: crispy and light frost, ice on my telescope!<br>
Postprocessing in K3CCDTools; stack per AVI 100 frames.<br>
The mosaic was constructed in iMerge and saved as FIT for wavelet processing in Registax, then saved as TIFF for final histogram adjustment in Photoshop.'))
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November 23, 2004 21:31 - 21:48 UT. The 12 day 1 hour old moon. |
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April 14, 2003 21:42 UT. The 12 day 13 hour old moon. |
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March 26, 2002 23:04 UT. The 12 day 16 hour old moon. |
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March 12, 2006 22:31 - 22:37 UT. The 12 day 22 hour old moon (with Lidl scope). |
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December 6, 2003 20:14 UT. The 12 day 22 hour old moon. |
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December 22, 2007 20:44 - 20:47 UT. The 13 day 9 hour old moon. Not a mosaic but imaged with: William Optics Zenithstar 80 ED II APO with Meade 3.3 Focal Reducer at f/3 [focal length 240 mm], ATK16IC camera, Astronomik Ha filter. Exposures Ha: 52 x 0.001s. |
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April 15, 2003 20:51 UT. The 13 day 15 hour old moon. |
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March 2, 2007 19:25 UT. Moon - 13 days 17 hours. Imaging: William Optics Zenithstar 80 ED II APO, f/6.8 with Mogg 0.6 Focal Reducer operating at about f/4.1 [focal length approx. 327 mm]. |
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March 27, 2002 21:29 UT. The 13 day 18 hour old moon. |
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December 7, 2003 20:49 UT. The 13 day 21 hour old moon. |
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March 17, 2003 23:06 UT. The 14 day 5 hour old moon. |
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January 24, 2005 20:55 - 21:11 UT. The 14 day 6 hour old moon. |
 takes almost 1.7 Gig ZIPPED.<br>
I had to use 3 CD-R discs to burn the whole Zip file (the Roxio burner software allows to span multiple CDs).
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Camera settings: Brightness 45, Gamma 0, White Balance fixed; exposure 1/500, Gain 5.
Post processing: see my hints and tips page about moon mosaics.'))
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January 24, 2005 21:18 - 22:01 UT. The 14 day 7 hour old moon [651 Kb] Captured with TAL-2M 6-inch f/8 with Vixen HQ 2x Barlow operating at f/16 and Vesta Pro SC3a B/W RAW camera; Baader IRB Filter 49 AVIs of 30 seconds @ 10 fps. These 49 AVIs took close to 8 Gigabytes on my hard disk; the whole directory (including iMerge and Photoshop intermediate results) takes almost 1.7 Gig ZIPPED. I had to use 3 CD-R discs to burn the whole Zip file (the Roxio burner software allows to span multiple CDs).
Some minor gaps in the mosaic were patched with identical pieces from the prime-focus mosaic captured just before this 2x Barlow imaging session. |
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January 28, 2002 about 23:45 UT. The 14 day 18 hour old moon. This might be my first mosaic. |
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November 2, 2009 21:12 UT UT. Moon - 14 days 20 hours. Imaging: William Optics Zenithstar 80 ED II APO with Meade 3.3 Focal Reducer at f/3 [focal length 240 mm] . Camera: Philips Vesta SC3a b/w RAW webcam @ 10 fps during 180 seconds, Baader IRB filter. |
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March 18, 2003 21:19 UT. The 15 day 6 hour old moon. |
; ISOSpeedRatings - 100
FocalLength - 8.8000 mm.<br>
Post processing: Photoshop [conversion to grey scale, slight curves].<br>
Note: only one exposure; my other frames - with different settings - were overexposed.<br>
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August 30, 2004 22:05 UT. The 15 day 15 hour old moon. Imaging: TAL-2M 6 inch f/8, Nikon Coolpix 995 with DCL-28 adapter. |
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September 29, 2004 21:37 UT. The 16 day 2 hour old moon. Not a mosaic but imaged with 300mm SLR Photolens and upsized x2. |
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December 10, 2003 21:04 - 21:18 UT. The 16 day 14 hour old moon. |
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October 23, 2002 22:57 UT. The 17 day 3 hour old moon. |
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January 24, 2008 22:32 - 22:36 UT. The 17 day 5 hour old moon. Imaged with 135mm SLR Photolens with 2x Teleconverter [focal length 270mm], ATK16IC camera, Astronomik Ha filter. |
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October 30, 2004 22:10 -22:33 UT. The 17 day 9 hour old moon. |
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August 16, 2003 02:37 UT. The 18 day 15 hour old moon. |
; ISOSpeedRatings - 100; FocalLength - 10.0000 mm, ISO Setting - 100.<br>
Processing: Registax [stack 28], histogram in Photoshop.<br>
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September 2, 2004 23:19 UT. The 18 day 18 hour old moon. Imaged with: TAL-2M 15 cm f/8, Nikon Coolpix 995 digital camera, William Optics DCL-28 adapter. |
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September 16, 2003 02:07 UT. The 19 day 18 hour old moon. |
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July 19, 2003 01:33 - 01:53 UT. The 20 day 2 hour old moon. |
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August 6, 2004 03:22 UT. The 20 day and 11 hour old moon. Captured with 300mm SLR Photolens with DCL-28 and Coolpix 995. |
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August 6, 2004 03:33 UT. The 20 day and 11 hour old moon. Captured with TAL-2M 6 inch f/8, with DCL-28 and Coolpix 995. |
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September 28, 2002 03:20 UT. The 20 day 16 hour old moon. |
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August 30, 2002 03:56 UT. The 21 day and 7 hour old moon. |
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August 20, 2003 02:32 UT. The 22 day 5 hour old moon. |
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August 8, 2004 04:32 UT. The 22 day 9 hour old moon. Captured with TAL-2M 6 inch f/8, with DCL-28 and Coolpix 995. |
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September 30, 2002 03:47 UT. The 22 day 14 hour old moon. |
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August 21, 2003 04:23 UT. The 23 day 4 hour old moon. |
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August 22, 2003 03:37 UT. The 24 day 1 hour old moon. |
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September 22, 2003 04:26 UT. The 25 day 8 hour old moon. |
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