The Moon
Close-up on the lunar terminator, taken at the focus of the 150/750 Newtonian with a dedicated Moon & Planets camera.
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- Natural satellite (Moon)
- Distance
- ≈ 384,400 km (average Earth-Moon distance)
- Apparent magnitude
- Up to -12.7 (at full Moon)
- Apparent size
- ≈ 31 arcminutes (average apparent diameter)
- Best season
- Observable year-round
The Moon is Earth’s only natural satellite, and the most accessible celestial target in astrophotography: bright, close, and full of detail as soon as you zoom in a little.
This image is a close-up on the terminator, the line separating the lit and shadowed halves of the disk, where relief (craters, ridges, ramparts) stands out best thanks to the raking light.
Taken at the focus of the 150/750 Newtonian mounted on the NEQ-3 Pro, with the Bresser Moon & Planets camera. This is a single raw frame straight out of FireCapture, with no stacking or processing — unlike the classic lucky imaging technique, which stacks many frames to freeze out atmospheric turbulence.
