Comments on: Moon and Venus

By: Nigel Depledge

Nigel Depledge — Wed, 15 Nov 2006 18:32:43 +0000

That is a very cool pic.

BTW, Harold and Grand Lunar, I think it’s an old moon. It was taken from Hungary (northern hemisphere), and the moon orbits anti-clockwise as viewed from above the north pole.

By: Lab Lemming

Lab Lemming — Wed, 15 Nov 2006 04:35:26 +0000

BA:
I thought the albedo of the moon was closer to 10%- fr some reason I remember the highlands as .12 and the mare as .08. Are those numbers wrong?

Donnie B.
If you want to convince yourself that the moon is dark, try this trick:

1. get a camera with manual exposure, a light meter, and the biggest lens you can afford.

2. Go outside on a bright sunny day, point your camera at some asphalt, and record the light meter reading for the exposure time most appropriate for blacktop.

3. Using that exposure setting, take a picture of the moon at night.

By: Gary Ansorge

Gary Ansorge — Tue, 14 Nov 2006 15:20:15 +0000

That’s gotta be one of the most incredible photo shots ever. I just had to download this to my system. Think I’ll print off a few copies and show them around work.

Thanks BA,that was great.

GAry 7

By: Jack Hagerty

Jack Hagerty — Tue, 14 Nov 2006 07:07:28 +0000

I’ve got another new wallpaper! Seems to happen every other week or so.

- Jack

By: Evolving Squid

Evolving Squid — Tue, 14 Nov 2006 06:42:12 +0000

Awesome pic!

By: Frank Stratford

Frank Stratford — Tue, 14 Nov 2006 04:36:34 +0000

Even though I’m an avid Mars fan the only planet I have managed to spot is Venus, and I even got take a digital photo of it. Spectacular sight it was. But to get Venus and the Moon is a real bonus.

By: The Bad Astronomer

The Bad Astronomer — Tue, 14 Nov 2006 03:07:41 +0000

The average albedo (reflectivity) of the Moon is around 17%, and Venus is more like 90. So yes.