The Moon Meets Antares

[Mandy D]

Antares and our Moon were hanging out together in the sky last night. This image captured at 21:19 UTC shows Antares (bottom left) as a deep red colour, whilst the Moon is somewhat over-exposed. The photo was taken at the side of a main road as the Moon, low in the sky, was obscured by trees in my garden. I certainly managed to slow down the traffic as I was near traffic lights with a 300 mm lens on my camera and I'm sure some thought it was a speed or traffic light camera!

The two fitted nicely on the crop sensor of my D3200 with the 300 mm lens.

D3200, f/8, 1/100s, ISO-400, 300mm.

Processing in GIMP - crop and sharpen.

Edited July 11, 2022 by Mandy D