With an almost full moon and light cloud cover, there was a nice ring around the moon with the brighter stars visible through the clouds. Jupiter is shining bright at 1 o’clock, and Orion’s belt is barely visible between 3 and 4 o’clock. This series has three exposures take 3 minutes apart with a 17mm lens at ISO 400.
The first photo was taken at 7:27 pm MST (Mountain Standard Time) at ƒ/5.6 for 15 seconds. The clouds are slightly soft from their moving during the 15 second exposure.
The second photo was taken at 7:30 pm MST at ƒ/11 for 30 seconds. The clouds are softer, the moon appears smaller with a slight starburst.
The third photo was taken at 7:33 pm MST at ƒ/16 for 30 seconds. The moon appears to be even smaller, with a better defined starburst. More of the night sky comes through the clouds and if you look carefully, you will see the ghost of a contrail from a jet that flew below Jupiter and over the top of the moon during the exposure.
Great photos, Tim. It is interesting to see the difference with the different f stops and times of exposure.
Comment by Juanita — January 24, 2013 @ 5:16 am
Thanks!
Comment by Timothy Price — January 24, 2013 @ 1:52 pm
Wonderful photo! I like such phenomenons!
Comment by randomiser144 — January 24, 2013 @ 8:00 am
Thanks!
Comment by Timothy Price — January 24, 2013 @ 1:52 pm
Amazing, as always.
Comment by fairytaleepidemic — January 24, 2013 @ 3:09 pm
Thanks!
Comment by Timothy Price — January 24, 2013 @ 4:32 pm
Ah! The 22° halo!
Comment by Dharani — January 25, 2013 @ 1:53 pm
I just can resist photographing the halo when it happens. We almost always have clear skies.
Comment by Timothy Price — January 25, 2013 @ 2:17 pm
That look is always cool and freaky. I love a full moon.
Comment by rebecca2000 — January 25, 2013 @ 9:23 pm
Like I mentioned Dharani, we have so few days and even less nights with clouds that I can’t resist photographing the moon when it has a ring around it.
Comment by Timothy Price — January 25, 2013 @ 11:17 pm