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Bolty
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Saturday, June 3, 2023 10:13:48 PM
Thought I'd start a thread for any lovers of Moon photography in here.

Tonight, June's full moon rising over the fields:

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Scott
Blackrod, Lancashire (4 miles south of Chorley) at 156m asl.
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Tuesday, June 6, 2023 7:39:34 AM
I always think it looks best when not full as you can get surprising detail with sidelight contrast - even with quite modest cameras if you don't over-expose it.
Taking the shot before it is dark can work well too.

https://i.postimg.cc/qqBHvgYV/moon.png

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fairweather
Tuesday, June 6, 2023 10:31:10 PM
Does everybody use that ipost thing to get an image on here? I've never been able to get an image into a post, only in the gallery. Presumably there is no direct upload from my PC like Flckr for example so what is the current easiest way?
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Bolty
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Tuesday, June 6, 2023 11:48:09 PM

Does everybody use that ipost thing to get an image on here? I've never been able to get an image into a post, only in the gallery. Presumably there is no direct upload from my PC like Flckr for example so what is the current easiest way?

Originally Posted by: fairweather 



PostImg is a good site to use. You simply copy the full screen link to here.
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Bolty
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Thursday, June 8, 2023 4:40:25 PM
Waning gibbous (79% illuminated) early this morning.

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Bolty
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Sunday, June 25, 2023 10:05:32 PM
The First Quarter at different stages of twilight this evening:

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Bolty
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Tuesday, July 4, 2023 4:27:59 PM
July's full moon passed by low in the southern sky last night. Summer full moons always sit low in the sky as is, but this one also occurred close to the southern lunistice.

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Scott
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Roger Parsons
Tuesday, July 4, 2023 4:43:45 PM
I was out at 2.15am enjoying the sight, Bolty. Jupiter rising was stunning! Then I did wordle!!!! No bats about, sadly. Tried several frequencies.
RogerP
West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire
Everything taken together, here in Lincolnshire are more good things than man could have had the conscience to ask.
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Bolty
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Wednesday, July 5, 2023 3:40:11 PM

I was out at 2.15am enjoying the sight, Bolty. Jupiter rising was stunning! Then I did wordle!!!! No bats about, sadly. Tried several frequencies.

Originally Posted by: Roger Parsons 



It looked great Roger! That's about the time I taken mine too. I was on my break at work and the Moon looked fantastic. I'm making it a project to take a photo of every full moon for the foreseeable.
Scott
Blackrod, Lancashire (4 miles south of Chorley) at 156m asl.
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Roger Parsons
Wednesday, July 5, 2023 4:03:14 PM

It looked great Roger! That's about the time I taken mine too. I was on my break at work and the Moon looked fantastic. I'm making it a project to take a photo of every full moon for the foreseeable.

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I ought to make more of an effort to get my 'scope out, Bolty. I gave up doing it because of the extent of light pollution in the village. Since covid and the energy price rises the nights are significantly darker. Also I now have eye issues - developing cararacts which give interesting double vision - like 2 Jupiters, or twin space stations! Improves bird counts no end. 🤣
RogerP
West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire
Everything taken together, here in Lincolnshire are more good things than man could have had the conscience to ask.
William Cobbett, in his Rural Rides - c.1830
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Roger Parsons
Sunday, July 30, 2023 6:18:05 AM
Message for Moon photographers: There will be 2 Full Moons in August!
Next one:  1 August - Sturgeon Moon - supermoon
https://www.rmg.co.uk/stories/topics/full-moon-calendar 
RogerP
West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire
Everything taken together, here in Lincolnshire are more good things than man could have had the conscience to ask.
William Cobbett, in his Rural Rides - c.1830
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Bolty
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Wednesday, August 2, 2023 3:04:34 PM
Surprisingly, I did manage to catch a momentary break in the clouds last night to get the first full moon of August.

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Scott
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Retron
Wednesday, August 2, 2023 3:19:57 PM

Surprisingly, I did manage to catch a momentary break in the clouds last night to get the first full moon of August.

Originally Posted by: Bolty 


Those moon shots are impressive, and it's refreshing to see the use of a proper camera rather than a phone. 👍

My local Facebook groups are full of people posting "AI"-enhanced photos of the moon taken on their phones, and it's just not impressive at all (no, they don't realise that they're not excellent photographers and it's a computer pasting in an image instead!)
Setting up a real camera, though... it's damned hard to get a crisp shot.
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Bolty
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Wednesday, August 2, 2023 3:28:04 PM

Those moon shots are impressive, and it's refreshing to see the use of a proper camera rather than a phone. 👍

My local Facebook groups are full of people posting "AI"-enhanced photos of the moon taken on their phones, and it's just not impressive at all (no, they don't realise that they're not excellent photographers and it's a computer pasting in an image instead!)
Setting up a real camera, though... it's damned hard to get a crisp shot.

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Thanks! Yes, I try to do it properly and I too firmly believe that a proper camera gives the best shots. If you get a good, crisp photo, all that's needed (if at all) are some slight adjustments on basic editing software.
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Bolty
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Thursday, August 10, 2023 5:11:56 PM
Daytime waning crescent, 10 August 2023 07:15:

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Scott
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Roger Parsons
Saturday, August 26, 2023 4:35:07 PM
Are you ready for the Blue Moon?
31 August - Blue Moon - a supermoon.
https://www.rmg.co.uk/stories/topics/full-moon-calendar 

Looking forward to some stunning photos - cloud permitting. Met Office writes for 31st August:
"Thursday may see residual rain or showers clearing eastern areas during the morning, with dry conditions following, before rain approaches the south west later."


 
RogerP
West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire
Everything taken together, here in Lincolnshire are more good things than man could have had the conscience to ask.
William Cobbett, in his Rural Rides - c.1830
Windy Willow
Sunday, August 27, 2023 10:04:50 AM

Are you ready for the Blue Moon?
31 August - Blue Moon - a supermoon.
https://www.rmg.co.uk/stories/topics/full-moon-calendar 

Looking forward to some stunning photos - cloud permitting. Met Office writes for 31st August:
"Thursday may see residual rain or showers clearing eastern areas during the morning, with dry conditions following, before rain approaches the south west later."


 

Originally Posted by: Roger Parsons 

I should get an awesome view from my location then, the middle of nowhere in the south of France when, if clear, you can see the milky way with no trouble at all, no light pollution, in fact no pollution of any description, just the wildlife which often serenade and amuse in the evenings. I'm truly looking forward to it, if I'm really lucky I'll still get to see a meteor or two, it has been known! 
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Roger Parsons
Sunday, August 27, 2023 10:51:23 AM
Enjoy. You could get some interesting observations:
e.g.
"Saturn moves into opposition on 27 August. This means that it’s positioned opposite to the Sun in the sky, fully illuminating its face so that it appears at its brightest."
https://lnu.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=cd577a92cc62097f57a1d8a08&id=9647b6295d&e=27bd9e27fb 
RogerP
West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire
Everything taken together, here in Lincolnshire are more good things than man could have had the conscience to ask.
William Cobbett, in his Rural Rides - c.1830
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Bolty
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Friday, September 1, 2023 2:07:35 PM
A little late with this as I've been away from home, but here is August's Blue Moon rising over the Northumberland National Park on the evening of 30 August 2023:

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Scott
Blackrod, Lancashire (4 miles south of Chorley) at 156m asl.
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Roger Parsons
Friday, September 1, 2023 2:11:13 PM
A few Lincolnshire and E Yorks Blue Moon views... Enjoy.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-south-yorkshire-66670695 
RogerP
West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire
Everything taken together, here in Lincolnshire are more good things than man could have had the conscience to ask.
William Cobbett, in his Rural Rides - c.1830
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Bolty
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Friday, September 1, 2023 4:30:07 PM

A few Lincolnshire and E Yorks Blue Moon views... Enjoy.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-south-yorkshire-66670695 

Originally Posted by: Roger Parsons 



Good pictures. I also follow a group on Facebook called Moon Photography and some impressive photos get posted in there too. 👍

https://www.facebook.com/groups/1090734167714765 
Scott
Blackrod, Lancashire (4 miles south of Chorley) at 156m asl.
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fairweather
Thursday, September 7, 2023 11:27:52 AM
Hopeless in the UK for astro photography. It is peak Milky Way  season and moon now favourable for a couple of weeks (in that it won't have risen before Milky Way shows) yet despite the apparent blue skies the Astro index (scale 1- 10, really need 7+) is zero. Yes zero. Thin high cloud, general haze and pollution being the cause. 
S.Essex, 42m ASL
Bolty
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Friday, September 29, 2023 9:50:41 PM
September's full moon (the Harvest Moon) visible through a thin layer of haze tonight:

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Bolty
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Thursday, November 9, 2023 6:14:55 PM
For once, the weather actually behaved itself! Lunar occultation of Venus, 9 November 2023.

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Full video here: https://youtu.be/5rPDpySGj30 
Scott
Blackrod, Lancashire (4 miles south of Chorley) at 156m asl.
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Roger Parsons
Saturday, November 25, 2023 1:10:02 AM
01.00hrs a sight not to be missed - the Moon and Jupiter high in the Western Sky.
 
RogerP
West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire
Everything taken together, here in Lincolnshire are more good things than man could have had the conscience to ask.
William Cobbett, in his Rural Rides - c.1830

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