The Moon – April 2025

Below are a super selection of images by CMHASD members of our Moon between the 2nd and 8th April 2025.

The Moon - April 8th 2025 by Neil Webster

Waxing Gibbous at 82% illuminated.

Check out Neil's flickr page at https://www.flickr.com/photos/137388222@N05/

 

The Moon - 6th April 2025 by Neil Webster

Waxing Gibbous at 64% illuminated.

Check out Neil's flickr page at https://www.flickr.com/photos/137388222@N05/

 

The Moon - 5th April 2025 by Diane Clarke

First Quarter at 54% illuminated.

Diane took her image using a Seestar S50 smartscope

 

The Moon - 2nd April 2025 by Simon Dawes

Waxing Crescent at 22% illuminated.

Details of how Simon took his images are on the photos.

Sun, Moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars and Jupiter by Honor Wheeler – 1st March 2025

NEVER LOOK AT THE SUN DIRECTLY. Please click here for solar observing safely.

 

A superb selection of astro images taken by member Honor Wheeler on the 1st March 2025 of the Sun, Moon and the planetary parade.

Details of how Honor took her images are written above each image.

 

Venus phase - Canon M6II with Tamron 18-400mm lens, ISO400, f6.3, 1/16000sec. 

Even when Venus is a fine crescent, the albedo of Venus is still high.

 

Sunset Sunspots - Canon M6II with Tamron 18-400mm lens. ISO100, f29, 1/16000sec.

 

Sunset - Canon M6II with Tamron 18-400mm lens. ISO200, f10, 1/800sec

 

Mars, Jupiter, Venus, Moon and Mercury - Canon M6II with Tamron 18-400mm lens. ISO500, 1/2sec taken using Samyang 8mm fish-eye lens.

 

Venus, Earthshine and Mercury - Canon M6II with Tamron 18-400mm lens. ISO640, f5.0, 1/3sec.

 

Earthshine - Canon M6II with Tamron 18-400mm lens. ISO640, f6.3, 1"1/3sec

Daytime Moon by Diane Clarke – 6th March 2025

A lovely image of the Moon taken by CMHASD member Diane Clarke on the 6th March 2025 in the afternoon. Diane used her Seestar S50 smartscope to take the image. 

The image is made up of 30 sec AVI (RAW) and stacked in the S50.
 
Original TIFF file edited with affinity photo to differentiae the Moon from the background sky.
 
Webp from original TIFF.

The Moon by Neil Webster – 4th March 2025

Another stunning image of the Moon taken by CMHASD member Neil Webster on Tuesday evening; 4th March 2025.

The Waxing Crescent Moon was 30.0% illuminated and 4.84 days old.

Neil acquired the image using an AA 115mm Apo, EQ6 R, ZWO ASI 290MM, and a Astronomik R/IR filter.  3 frames stitched in Microsoft ICE. Each 90s x 33fps (20% selected)

Processed using Firecapture, AutoStakkert, and PhotoShop.

Moon & Mercury – 1st March 2025

CMHASD trustee John Howarth spotted Mercury with a crescent Moon on the 1st March 2025 and quickly took these 2 photos from Bexley.

The first photo shows the Moon top right and Mercury, very faint but clearly visible, halfway down the roof line, just above the cloud near the end of a twig. The second photo just shows a faint Mercury in about the same spot.

Friday 3rd January 2025

NEVER LOOK AT THE SUN DIRECTLY. Please click here for solar observing safely.

A superb selection of member images taken on Friday 3rd January 2025.

 

The Sun at midday taken by Dr Mike Rushton taken using a Dwarf II smart scope. 20 x 1/250 sec at Gain 0 with a ND6 solar filter.

The Sun taken by Honor Wheeler

The Sun taken by Jim Burchell

The Pleiades by Dr Mike Rushton using a Dwarf II smart scope.  200 x 10sec exposures at Gain 60.

Crescent Moon and Venus taken by Honor Wheeler. Venus is top right of the Moon.

Saturn, Venus and the Moon taken by Honor Wheeler. Venus is top right of the Moon and Saturn is near the top left corner of the image.

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