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Who's its rocker - me or the moon?
The sky | 2AM. If there's more to it then that, I'm too tired to know | Jesse

Posted on 06/09/2009 2:34:03 AM PDT by mrjesse

Who broke the moon?


Broken Moon

Normal Moon

I guess seeing stuff like this and having no clue is what I get for not watching TV - and staying up till 2AM.

For those of you with black and white computer monitors, the moon has been dim and orange all night so far, and it's half past 2AM as I write. Everything else looks normal. Anyway, staying up late is bad for you. Kids, if you stay up too late, the moon may turn bad colors.



-Jesse


TOPICS: Astronomy; Education; Outdoors
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Taken with Canon EOS Digital Rebel 300d connected up to a toy 1 meter focal length 10cm diameter refracting meade telescope - ISO 400, about 1/50th of a second, f stop 1/10 I guess. No editing was done except to crop and resize. The moon really looked orange like the picture depicts.

-Jesse

1 posted on 06/09/2009 2:34:03 AM PDT by mrjesse
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probably some atmospheric condition... who knows? I am guessing you need some sleep


2 posted on 06/09/2009 2:36:32 AM PDT by GeronL (http://libertyfic.proboards.com <----go there now,----> tyrannysentinel.blogspot.com)
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*Sigh*.

The title is supposed to be "Who's off of its rocker - the moon or me?".

That's what I get for posting at 2am.

-Jesse
3 posted on 06/09/2009 2:36:37 AM PDT by mrjesse (The big bang and dark matter exist only in black holes that are supposed to be full of gray matter)
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The planet Venus is reflected off swamp gas accounting for the moon’s appearance. They were no aliens. There was no 600 foot worm. Now look right here at this light...


4 posted on 06/09/2009 2:39:24 AM PDT by CholeraJoe (Life's not fair, people are mean. Get over it.)
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Rocking Moon


5 posted on 06/09/2009 2:41:27 AM PDT by Yaelle
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MOON GLOWS ORANGE
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6 posted on 06/09/2009 2:48:35 AM PDT by Lonesome in Massachussets (AGWT is very robust with respect to data. All observations confirm it at the 100% confidence level.)
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You. No one else has ever seen anything like this.
7 posted on 06/09/2009 2:52:12 AM PDT by Lonesome in Massachussets (AGWT is very robust with respect to data. All observations confirm it at the 100% confidence level.)
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Jesse, please tell me you didn’t buy this telescope with those credit cards you stole out outta’ yer’ mama’s wallet running up a $5,000.00 bill..........


8 posted on 06/09/2009 2:59:06 AM PDT by MissDairyGoodnessVT (Mac Conchradha - "Skeagh mac en chroe"- Skaghvicencrowe)
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To: mrjesse
Use a good cleaner, such as oxi-clean. That should do it. ;)


10 posted on 06/09/2009 3:26:52 AM PDT by Daffynition ("If any of you die, can I please have your ammo?" ~ Gator113)
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OK ...here's one for ya............

Sit about 1 metre from your screen and hold up your thumb halfway between you and it, look at your thumb, then focus on the image you see just behind it (you can move your thumb forward and back till this occurs), remove thumb.

You should hopefully have combined the two images into a single 3D one.


11 posted on 06/09/2009 3:31:16 AM PDT by Daffynition ("If any of you die, can I please have your ammo?" ~ Gator113)
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I’m reminded of something in the Bible about the moon being red in the end times. I could be mistaken.


12 posted on 06/09/2009 3:35:57 AM PDT by autumnraine (Freedom's just another word for nothing left to lose- Kris Kristoferrson)
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To: MissDairyGoodnessVT

My understanding is that mrjesse works for his money.


13 posted on 06/09/2009 3:42:49 AM PDT by Fichori
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To: Lonesome in Massachussets

Thanks, LiM.

I guess there’s a first time for everything. And it looks like people all over are seeing the moon the same color.

First time for me. I’m still not sure what’s causing it.

I can see some stars overhead, so it’s not too overcast, but I cannot see as many stars as normal, so it’s not perfectly clear either.

I took a 30 second exposure of the stars (ISO400, F1/4) and they look orange too, but it’s hard to tell. So it must be some atmospheric condition that makes everything look orange.

That’d be spooky in the daytime.

Thanks again,

-Jesse


14 posted on 06/09/2009 3:43:07 AM PDT by mrjesse (The big bang and dark matter exist only in black holes that are supposed to be full of gray matter)
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Moisture in the air can give that effect.

At first I thought you were talking about Keith Moon.

15 posted on 06/09/2009 3:45:52 AM PDT by Northern Yankee (Freedom Needs A Soldier)
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I get some incredible ‘moonscapes’ of the full moon over the valley across the street from my house- but Ihave never been able to take a photo

How do you photograph the moon at night AND still see the landscape below it?

I was thinking of a tripod and taking two images, one with the moon blocked by a shade, then photoshopping them together.


16 posted on 06/09/2009 4:13:25 AM PDT by Mr. K (physically unabel to proofreed (<---oops))
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The long exposure you need to get detail on the moon is what makes the landscape visible.


17 posted on 06/09/2009 6:02:38 AM PDT by sig226 (Real power is not the ability to destroy an enemy. It is the willingness to do it.)
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To: autumnraine

Matthew 24


18 posted on 06/09/2009 6:10:26 AM PDT by right way right (Do not mistake Religion for God.)
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Revelation 6:12
I watched as he opened the sixth seal. There was a great earthquake. The sun turned black like sackcloth made of goat hair, the whole moon turned blood red


19 posted on 06/09/2009 6:24:44 AM PDT by right way right (Do not mistake Religion for God.)
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Rocker Moon


20 posted on 06/09/2009 6:42:38 AM PDT by xp38
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