{"id":27116,"date":"2020-09-23T19:31:12","date_gmt":"2020-09-23T23:31:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wading-in.net\/walkabout\/?p=27116"},"modified":"2020-09-23T19:31:12","modified_gmt":"2020-09-23T23:31:12","slug":"too-cool-part-42","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wading-in.net\/walkabout\/2020\/09\/too-cool-part-42\/","title":{"rendered":"Too cool, part 42"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The eclectic humor\/cheesecake website <a href=\"https:\/\/thechive.com\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">theCHIVE<\/a> is part of my routine, and it&#8217;s where I collect humor and memes to harass my <del>friends<\/del> acquaintances with. They have a couple of daily galleries, one of which being Daily Afternoon Randomness, and <a href=\"https:\/\/thechive.com\/2020\/09\/23\/daily-afternoon-randomness-49-photos-1178\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">today there was this image featured<\/a> &#8211; I&#8217;d give more credit but the source is unavailable. I also converted it to jpeg because I don&#8217;t use Google&#8217;s proprietary compression algorithms, which I imagine are another method of Google to scarf info from the webbernets. Anyway, check it out<strong>:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/wading-in.net\/walkabout\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/DAR-49-photos-12-2.jpg\" alt=\"photo taken through telescope of crescent moon showing Fracastorius, from theCHIVE.com\" width=\"600\" height=\"800\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-27117\" \/><br clear=\"all\"\/>In case it&#8217;s needed, this is a photo of a digital camera display attached to a telescope, obviously shooting the moon, which can be seen out-of-focus in the background. Recognize it, especially the crater on the terminator in the center of the LCD frame? You should, because I posted it only <a href=\"http:\/\/wading-in.net\/walkabout\/2020\/09\/equinox-moon\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">two days ago<\/a>, but here it is again for easier comparison.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/wading-in.net\/walkabout\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/EquinoxCrescent.jpg\" alt=\"waxing crescent moon in early evening\" width=\"750\" height=\"765\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-27101\" \/><br clear=\"all\"\/>From the sky color, I&#8217;d estimate that this was taken perhaps an hour earlier, &#8220;local time&#8221; (the twilight was almost gone when I took mine,) but it might well have been about the same time, just farther west than I was. You can even see the light touching the floor of Fracastorius crater. And yes, I&#8217;m quite certain this is the same day, given when it was posted and the position of first-magnitude Antares in the frame, over to the left (visible to me too when I took mine, but not pursued.)<\/p>\n<p>Just thought you needed to see that. One of these days, I&#8217;ll get off my ass, get a proper collimater for my own telescope, and do some more detailed shots once it&#8217;s in proper focus. Really, it&#8217;s the lack of tracking motor, limiting the exposure times, that has made the telescope a low priority, but I have it, I might as well be using it&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The eclectic humor\/cheesecake website theCHIVE is part of my routine, and it&#8217;s where I collect humor and memes to harass my friends acquaintances with. They have a couple of daily galleries, one of which being Daily Afternoon Randomness, and today there was this image featured &#8211; I&#8217;d give more credit but the source is unavailable. 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