Wesley's Tool-Box

There are two types of blue moon and neither refers to the moon's visible colour. The first one is the full moon that appears for a second time in the same month. The last one of this kind appeared on August 31, 2012, with the next one scheduled for July 31, 2015.

The second one is the third full moon of a season where the season contains four full moons instead of the usual three. The moon I saw today in the early morning is one of such kind. The next one is to show up on May 21, 2016. You can clicked the cropped image above to see the full-resolution version in its 2700x2700 pixel glory.

Settings: Canon SX50 HS - 1200mm (w/ 2x Digital TC) - ISO 80 - 1/400s
Time: 2013-08-21 01:00AM KST

There's been a lot of fuss (again) about the "Supermoon" that was supposed to come up during the night because the Moon was at the closest distance from the Earth for this year. Well, this is it. It was rather cloudy all day, so I was worried I might not get any good shots. Thankfully, the clouds thinned out from time to time and allowed me to grab enough photos. Remember to click on the photo to see the full-resolution version.

Canon SX50 HS - 2013-06-23 23:11 KST - 1200mm - ISO 80 - 1/60s - 12 photos stacked with RegiStax 6.1.0.8

One of my old-time friend was intrigued with the Saturn photos that I took with Canon SX50 HS, and he wanted to see what Moon would look like with it. This is my answer. The camera takes really big photos of the satellite, so I'm showing just a crop (click the image for the full picture). Even the small craters are easily distinguishable. The power of the superzoom never ceases to amaze me.

For the record, this was taken with my first daughter Celine. She loves looking over the sky with her dad. Half of the photos used for stacking were taken by her.

Settings: 1200mm, ISO 80, 1/60s, 22 photos stacked with RegiStax 6.1.0.8

Chuseok (Korean thanksgiving) holiday week is closing, but the weather cleared up and I had the opportunity to snap some photos of the full moon. The $40 toy telescope acting as a makeshift zoom lens for iPhone 4's camera worked okay and reveals lots of details. Enjoy!

Yes, I ordered a telescope after taking the last moon photos.