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Young Moon was created by mjs

At the start of our observing session here in Kerry tonight we were supprised to see the thiniest sliver of a young Moon (about 26 hours old I think) low in the west.
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A 5 second exposure at ISO 1600 through the f10, 70mm Skylux with a Canon 300D.

After that we had a great public session with over 30 attendees. We got to see the three planets on show, the bits of the comet, and a couple of deepsky objects and more dispite the clouds.
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Replied by ftodonoghue on topic Re: Young Moon

are you not in bed yet...
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Replied by martinastro on topic Re: Young Moon

Now that is a thin crescent..well done!
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Replied by iridium.flare on topic Re: Young Moon

Apparently next month conditions will be good to allow the moon to the visible when it's only 13.5 hours old - not far off the world record for youngest moon observed.

Date to remember is 27 May, at about 22:00 the Moon will be at 3 degrees altitude, and 4 degrees to the right of Mercury. Should be a really cool sight if anyone manages to see it.

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Replied by 11" Astrophotograph on topic Moon

:o wow....that's very thin, very well captured. Nice pic Michael :)
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Replied by mjs on topic Re: Young Moon

Just checked again and the new Moon was at 19.44 UT on the 28th. Trevor soptted it first on his way to the observing session at about 21:40 BST or 20:40 UT. This made it just 24 hours 55 minutes old.
The image above was taken at 21:57 BST.

Through the telescope the crescent appeared to be broken into sections, specially near the "horns".
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Replied by michaeloconnell on topic Re: Young Moon

COOL!
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Replied by Seanie_Morris on topic Re: Young Moon

Nice picture Mike, well done.

And thanks iridium for the heads-up on May 27th.

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Replied by dave_lillis on topic Re: Young Moon

Nice pic, The moon was really thin last night, I had a good look at it also.
Looking forward May 22nd!
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Replied by Seanie_Morris on topic Re: Young Moon

Last night, around 22:30hrs as I was leaving for work, there was a slightly larger than Mikes sliver, but the whole 'nightside' was lit up with Earhshine. Anybody else spot it? It was low in the west, following the twillight. Had a real summer look to it... :)

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Replied by spculleton on topic Re: Young Moon

Well done Michael. That's eight hours knocked off my personal record and, I think, two hours below the previous, unofficial, IFAS record as held by Ronan Newman.

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Replied by mjs on topic Re: Young Moon

Thanks for all the comments, but as for the record it goes to Trevor who was the first to spot it low in the west 10 minutes before I got to the observing site. By time I got setup and took the images it was just 4 degrees off of the horizon.
I might have the record for the youngest image form Ireland though :P ????
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