Interesting demonstration of seasonal variations. Showing together two
extremes which would never be seen 'live' together demonstrates the effect
of changing distance well.

"Anthony Ayiomamitis" wrote in message
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Dave Jessie wrote:
Pete Lawrence wrote:

It's a composite of two wide field shots of the Moon taken with my
80mm refractor. I've tried to compose the Earthshine shot with the
lunar crescent - something I must admit I find extremely hard to do
convincingly. It's subtle here and if your monitor isn't calibrated
right you'll probably miss it.

http://www.digitalsky.org.uk/lunar/2...rthshine2.html


Wow, Pete, tremendous work.

May I use this image - with credit given to you, of course - in a
presentation I'm doing at a local library soon?

Hi Dave,

Along with other examples, like Anthony Ayiomamitis' magnificent
analemmas,

I am delighted to learn you are happy with the analemma work in progress
and now into its sixth year. My last analemma of the series is now into
its sixth attempt, for it failed again last year (this time I had one of
the solar disks slightly misplaced - no idea what caused it - and due to
inclement weather I delayed one other exposure more than desired).

I want to show images which demonstrate celestial mechanics at work. A

Have you seen my apogee-perigee and aphelion-perihelion images? Here is
a quick peek:

http://www.perseus.gr/Astro-Lunar-Scenes.htm
http://www.perseus.gr/Astro-Solar-Scenes.htm

picture like this one fits right into the mix, and is the best one I've
seen. Your composite is beautifully done and looks exactly like what I
see
for real.

It is a good thing Pete and I are so far away from each other. Otherwise
we would be a very bad influence on each other!

Nice work Pete (as usual)!

Anthony.


Clear Skies,
Dave Jessie