Title: New Moon and the Bull’s Eye
Date: Imaged 6 May 2019 (9:23 pm)
Location: Halifax, NS
Equipment: Tripod-mounted Canon Rebel T3 DSLR at ISO-800 with kit lens at 55mm f/5.6; 0.25 sec exposure.
Processing: A single 0.25 sec exposure was captured in RAW16 format and converted to TIFF format using Canon’s Digital Photo Professional. Microsoft Photo was used to tweak clarity, contrast, highlights, shadows, and exposure of the final jpg image.
Comments: The new Moon is only 4.5% illuminated. Earthshine is prominent. Aldebaran is seen to the lower left of the thin crescent Moon.