Enchanted Skies
Solar System

Waxing Crescents over Las Cruces
8-Day Moon

 

Object Information                                            Imaging Details

One of the editors of Night Sky Magazine contacted me to do this image depicting growing crescent moons over the course of several days. The images were collected from the back (West end) of the Mesilla Valley Mall and show the moons over the Las Cruces Skyline.

The image was published in the November/December issue of Night Sky Magazine.

Telescope:

Canon 28-135mm Lens
Camera:
 Canon 300D (type 1 modified)
Filter(s):
 none
Misc. Optics:
  
Exposures:
 Stack of 4 exposure - taken at the same time on 4 consecutive nights.
Guiding:
 none
Processing:
 Stacked and processed with Photoshop CS.

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Enchanted Skies - Astrophotography by Rich Richins (all images copyright, Rich Richins)