Lunar occultation of Mars
Taken by James McClean on December 7, 2022 @
In the Billiard Room with a Lunt candlestick.
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Camera Used: Apple iPhone 12 Pro Max
Exposure Time: 1/295
Aperture: f/1.6
ISO: 32
Date Taken: 2022:12:07 20:55:56
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Been snowing for at least ten days, but miraculously clear skies over Jackson Hole Wednesday night. Even better news, Photo Pills showed I should have an unobstructed view from the Billiards room so I wouldn't have to set up telescope outside.
Turns out best views were from my Pentax 20x60 binos on a tripod. Mars looked like Narya flaming on Gandalf's finger, glittering like living fire against the cold hard diamond light of Nenya as the Moon.
These are handheld iPhone shots through binos, probably better than what I will find when I get around to post processing images from 10Mpix CCD in my Lunt 80MT OTA.
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