The May Crescent Moon « The Half-Astrophysicist Blog

The May Crescent Moon

I just got back in from taking some pictures of the crescent Moon. This is one of the younger Moons I have photographed. New Moon was at 5:11am May 24th and I took these pictures a little after 8:00pm on May 25th (all times MST, also known as Arizona time). That makes the Moon about 39 hours past new.

Earthshine is very prominent tonight and the clouds made things more interesting as well. I took another shot and got a little artsy.

Weather has been very cloudy here recently…I was hoping to do some more photography this long weekend when I had some time, but the clouds did me in.

May 26, 2009 - Posted by halfastro | Astrophotography | | 1 Comment

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Great pics! Thanks for sharing.

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My name is Rob Sparks and I work at the National Optical Astronomy Observatory in Tucson in the Education and Public Outreach department. I am heavily involved in a variety of projects including the Galileoscope for the International Year of Astronomy.

I am a former high school physics, math and astronomy teacher at The Good Hope School, St. Stephen’s Episcopal School, and the Priaire School. I went to Grinnell College for undergrad and got my MS at Michigan State.

In my spare time, I do improv with Not Burnt Out, Just Unscrewed in Tucson. I have performed with the Redondo Music Theater as well. Other venues I have performed include the Apple Holler, Over Our Head Players, the Riverfront Theater, the Manatee Players, the Players of Sarasota, and the Island Players. I am a distance runner and do races up to the marathon distance.

I keep in shape by doing a marathon each year and work out at Gold’s Gyms worldwide!

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