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APOD: Moonset Over Pleasant Bay (2010 Mar 29)
Posted: Mon Mar 29, 2010 3:53 am
by APOD Robot
Moonset Over Pleasant Bay
Explanation: It was a sky for the imagination. In the early evening last week, the sky illuminating the
unaided eye was perhaps even more illuminating to the mind's eye. The unaided eye saw clouds framing the
Moon setting over a calm and reflective bay,
spruce trees lining the nearby shores, the
Pleiades open star cluster (M45) glowing prominently in the center of the sky, the
Andromeda galaxy hovering just over the horizon on the right, and the
belt stars of Orion lined up on the left, just below the bright orange star
Betelgeuse. The bright star
Sirius peeked out of the trees on the far left. The
mind's eye might further imagine, however, some of the
constellations coming to life, with
Orion the Hunter taking up his sword and shield, followed into battle by his
Big Dog (
Canis Major, whose right eye is Sirius), and watched from across the sky by
Cassiopeia, the Queen of
Ethiopia, sitting on her Throne. The above image was taken over
Pleasant Bay,
Maine,
USA, and digitally merged with constellations from
Uranographicarum, drawn in the 17th century by J. Hevelius.
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Re: APOD: Moonset Over Pleasant Bay (2010 Mar 29)
Posted: Mon Mar 29, 2010 11:10 am
by jhall
It would be nice to include the time of night and the angle at which this was photographed so novices could view the sky with a little direction.....thanks
Re: APOD: Moonset Over Pleasant Bay (2010 Mar 29)
Posted: Mon Mar 29, 2010 3:10 pm
by Guddi
Awesome picture. Is there a possibility to get this picture in High resolution without the drawings in it ?
Re: APOD: Moonset Over Pleasant Bay (2010 Mar 29)
Posted: Mon Mar 29, 2010 4:12 pm
by neufer
Cassiopeia, the Queen of Ethiopia, seems to be more
thrown for a loop rather than sitting on a Throne.
(And how do we know that those aren't Larch trees?)
Re: APOD: Moonset Over Pleasant Bay (2010 Mar 29)
Posted: Mon Mar 29, 2010 9:58 pm
by orin stepanek
Guddi wrote:Awesome picture. Is there a possibility to get this picture in High resolution without the drawings in it ?
If you want you can save picture as; go to my pictures; or set as background and the drawings will not be on there.
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It is an awesome picture.
Re: APOD: Moonset Over Pleasant Bay (2010 Mar 29)
Posted: Mon Mar 29, 2010 11:47 pm
by Guest
I can't save the picture without the drawings, either. Orin, your advice didn't work for me; could you clarify, maybe? I really like the photo but I don't want the drawings because Orion is a Hunter, and he's armed with a bow--a hunter does NOT carry a sword and shield! Is this evidence of a 17th-century doofus, or am I a 21st-century one???
Re: APOD: Moonset Over Pleasant Bay (2010 Mar 29)
Posted: Tue Mar 30, 2010 1:02 am
by orin stepanek
Guest wrote:I can't save the picture without the drawings, either. Orin, your advice didn't work for me; could you clarify, maybe? I really like the photo but I don't want the drawings because Orion is a Hunter, and he's armed with a bow--a hunter does NOT carry a sword and shield! Is this evidence of a 17th-century doofus, or am I a 21st-century one???
I think you have to save the picture without the high resolution. When I pass my cursor over the picture the drawings disappear. I saved the picture to a file for future use as a background by right clicking with my mouse and followed instructions. I got the picture without the drawings. If that doesn't work; I don't know what to tell you. Does anybody else got any Ideas?
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Re: APOD: Moonset Over Pleasant Bay (2010 Mar 29)
Posted: Tue Mar 30, 2010 7:17 am
by Amir
yeah, Photoshop!
Re: APOD: Moonset Over Pleasant Bay (2010 Mar 29)
Posted: Tue Mar 30, 2010 7:18 pm
by BMAONE23
Re: APOD: Moonset Over Pleasant Bay (2010 Mar 29)
Posted: Tue Mar 30, 2010 9:38 pm
by orin stepanek
Amir wrote:yeah, Photoshop!
some people don't have Photo shop; like me.
BMAONE23 Is that the high resolution photo without the annotated version. I believe that that is what Guddi wants. My eyes aren't that good so I really can not tell the difference.
Orin
Re: APOD: Moonset Over Pleasant Bay (2010 Mar 29)
Posted: Wed Mar 31, 2010 4:35 am
by BMAONE23
The linked image appears to be the same dimensions as the full sized APOD
Re: APOD: Moonset Over Pleasant Bay (2010 Mar 29)
Posted: Wed Mar 31, 2010 4:45 pm
by RJ
Is that Mars up there in Orion?
Re: APOD: Moonset Over Pleasant Bay (2010 Mar 29)
Posted: Wed Mar 31, 2010 4:48 pm
by bystander
RJ wrote:Is that Mars up there in Orion?
If you are referring to the orange colored star at the top of the frame over the
belt of Orion, that is
Betelgeuse.
Re: APOD: Moonset Over Pleasant Bay (2010 Mar 29)
Posted: Wed Mar 31, 2010 4:53 pm
by RJ
I looked more closely at the photo, and realized that the orange object couldn't be Mars ... DUH! on me!
Re: APOD: Moonset Over Pleasant Bay (2010 Mar 29)
Posted: Wed Mar 31, 2010 5:49 pm
by Amir
yes RJ, Mars is in cancer & near the Brothers (Castor & Pollux) right now.
Re: APOD: Moonset Over Pleasant Bay (2010 Mar 29)
Posted: Mon Oct 31, 2011 6:53 am
by BlueTabby
Um... This can't be moonset, of a full moon, in the evening, can it? If it is moonset and not moonrise, then it has to be early morning, facing west. If it is evening, it has to be moonrise, in the east.
Re: APOD: Moonset Over Pleasant Bay (2010 Mar 29)
Posted: Mon Oct 31, 2011 6:56 am
by BlueTabby
And from the position of Orion, it can't be moonrise, so it must be a full moon, predawn.
Re: APOD: Moonset Over Pleasant Bay (2010 Mar 29)
Posted: Mon Oct 31, 2011 10:50 am
by Indigo_Sunrise
BlueTabby wrote:Um... This can't be moonset, of a full moon, in the evening, can it? If it is moonset and not moonrise, then it has to be early morning, facing west. If it is evening, it has to be moonrise, in the east.
BlueTabby wrote:And from the position of Orion, it can't be moonrise, so it must be a full moon, predawn.
Well good catch, BlueTabby. Under the image, there is a link to an email address for the image-taker, where their name is highlighted. Perhaps you can email them and see what sorf of clarification or response you receive...? Keep us posted!
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Re: APOD: Moonset Over Pleasant Bay (2010 Mar 29)
Posted: Mon Oct 31, 2011 12:29 pm
by neufer
BlueTabby wrote:
Um... This can't be moonset, of a full moon, in the evening, can it? If it is moonset and not moonrise, then it has to be early morning, facing west. If it is evening, it has to be moonrise, in the east.
And from the position of Orion, it can't be moonrise, so it must be a full moon, predawn.
It can't be a full moon or you wouldn't be able to see M31 so clearly.
It is just a greatly overexposed moon crescent (on March 8 ?).