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Young Moon on January 18th, 2018, JDJ

Young Moon on January 18th, 2018

Young Moon on January 18th, 2018, JDJ

Young Moon on January 18th, 2018

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I took this image of the young moon low in the western sky through the neighborhood trees at sunset on the evening of January 18, 2018. This was the evening after the New Moon, and the waxing crescent moon was only 2% illuminated. This was one of my first uses of my Opteka 500 mm F/6.3 mirror lens. When used with my Nikon D5100 camera (APS-C) this lens has an effective focal length of 750 mm. This was a 1/2 second exposure at ISO3200 to capture the Earthshine illuminated portion of the Moon.

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Young Moon on January 18th, 2018, JDJ

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