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saberscorpx
28-January-2008, 02:29 AM
Extreme Crescents In Infrared

Martin Elsässer dissolves the Danjon limit with his innovative imaging method:
http://www.mondatlas.de/other/martinel/sicheln2007/crescent_june.html


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mahesh
28-January-2008, 07:07 PM
Yikes!
saberscorpx
29-January-2008, 05:56 AM
Yikes is right.
The technique even allows limb detection at age zero.

Who will be the first to image a New Moon?


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Kyle Edwards
30-January-2008, 06:56 AM
Infrared works pretty well bringing out faint crescents against the sunlit sky. I tried something similar (although without the baffle) last year when Venus was 6 hours from inferior conjunction.