Moon and Mars Ring
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It was a cloudy evening as we kicked off 2023. The moon was near Mars, but the clouds threatened to destroy any chance of photographing them. However, something else happened. The moon created a rainbow-like ring in the clouds and Mars punched through a thin opening. This moonring was created by combining a fast exposure (for the moon detail) with a slow exposure.
Image details
| Telescope: | Sony ILCE-6300 | |
| Length: | 50mm | |
| Aperture: | 30mm | |
| F-stop: | f/1.20 | |
| Sessions: | 1 | |
| Captured: | 2023-01-03 to 2023-01-03 | |
| Lights: | 2 | |
| Exposure: | 1.5 | |
| Total exposure: | 3 s |