Overall it’s been an unseasonably warm winter here in Minnesota, with hopes to resume the warmth in the near future.
But not today! Brr! Subzero temperatures with worse windchill made it not a good morning to crawl out to the shed observatory and haul the big scope out, so in my relentless quest to document the Moon’s progress, here are a couple of photos that I shot with the small scope through the kitchen window (and as you can see, through some ground clutter as well):
Above: 7:47 AM CST 1-19-12 (13:47 UT). Actually the most detailed of the two shots, though the Moon is partially blocked by a larger branch.
Below: 7:50 AM CST 1-19-12 (13:50 UT)
60mm refractor telescope, 25mm eyepiece, LG VX8360 cell phone camera. Click for larger view.
