Astrophotography by Anthony Ayiomamitis

Lunar Image Gallery - Scenic Phenomenon

Our closest celestial neighbour has kept us company for at least four billion years and has entertained our imagination in a variety of ways. It certainly has been involved in our maturation as a species with man's first step on a body beyond our planet during the latter part of the twentienth century and will, inevitably, be our first stop prior to any sort of manned travel to a further celestial body such as Mars. The moon has been a great source of education about our own planet's evolutionary history; it has entertained many inquisitive minds from earlier cultures and generations about the universe in general and man's role in particular; it has enriched the minds of young children taking their first look through a telescope and continues to impact our lives in ways we may or may not readily recognize including tidal forces and various natural rhythms and cycles.

Note: The image of the full moon below was taken at the minimum perigee for 2008 as well as for the period 1993-2016.

Image Details
Perigee Full Moon 2008
Imaging Details
Body:
Moon

Mass:
0.0123 x Earth

Mean Eq Diameter:
0.2719 x Earth

Distance:
356,566 km

Sidereal Rev:
27d 07h 43m 11s

Age:
14d 23h 44m

Phase:
99.8°

Diameter:
34.10'

Magnitude:
-12.6

Light Time:
0h 0m 1.2s

Rukl:
N/A
Date:
Dec 12, 2008
23:33:18 UT+2


Location:
Athens, Greece

Equipment:
AP 160 f/7.5 StarFire EDF
AP 1200GTO GEM
Canon EOS 350D


Exposure(s):
1 x 1/250 sec
ISO 100
RAW image format
3456x2304 image size
Manual Mode


Software:
Digital Photo Pro V2.1.1.4
Photoshop CS2


Processing:
RAW to TIFF (16-bit) Conv
Desaturation
Cropping
Brightness/Contrast
Levels
Unsharp Masking
Resampling
JPG Compression