August 21, 2013 Unknown
The summer is great - I love the warm weather and long evenings, but they are no fun for an astrophotographer as it never really gets dark enough. So I am glad that after a break of a couple of months, I am finally able to get out in the garden imaging again.
Last night I set up early in anticipation of the full moon, which also happened to be a Blue Moon. These are relatively rare - hence the expression '
once in a blue moon'. The term Blue Moon is more often used to describe the second full moon in a calendar month, however, traditionally the term refers to the third full moon in a season that contains four full moons - hence why last night was a Blue Moon.
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| The August 'Blue Moon', taken 20 Aug 2013 |
This photo was taken using my astro-modded Canon EOS 1000D, attached to my Sky-Watcher Explorer 190MN Pro. The image was captured on my MacBook Pro using Craig Starks'
Nebulosity 3 and processed using
Adobe Lightroom 5.
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