Monday 17 June 2019

The Moon's 'Golden Handle'

I've shared moon pictures with you in the past. Here is another short post that I'm very pleased with. 

The video below will introduce you to what's called The Golden Handle on the moon. It can only be seen for a very short time during each of the moon's cycles. 

https://earthsky.org/todays-image/photo-waxing-moon-with-golden-handle



Jeanne had shown me pictures of this structure on line a month or two ago and I thought it might be fun to try to find it myself. Here is a very brief record of my success. 

Here's my first try. 


A nice shot, but no golden handle


Next, take a look at this amazing photo taken from an observatory in Europe.

http://spaceweathergallery.com/indiv_upload.php?upload_id=142863




The picture below is mine. 

I took this picture on June 9, 2019. I turned my camera sideways to take it. BTW, Jeanne found the observatory picture after I had taken this one. I didn't copy their orientation.





This is the same photo turned sideways.  The Golden Handle is there.  Nice, but I wish I could make it a bit brighter and more golden...




Eureka! I just turned on the 'Zeke' filter.
There is no mistaking The Golden Handle.              -djf

4 comments:

  1. Congratulations Doug! You've really captured a great image of the golden handle! Your last 'Zeke' filtered picture is almost identical to the images in the 'earth-sky' video.

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  2. Thanks, Dianne. It's a lot of fun snapping away, out on the deck at night. Good thing it's digital. I delete about 95% of the shots.

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  3. It is a beautiful shot. You are really getting good with that camera. I had never known about the golden handle so I enjoyed learning about it. McKenzie

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