Moon less than 24 hours old

[Canadian Roger]

Wow that was cold.  -23C and a 15km/h breeze for a wind chill of -33C.

Still...Success!!

I first spotted the crescent in binoculars (7x35's...I wanted a W-I-D-E field) at 6:06 Eastern Standard Time (GMT -5), with the Moon being 23 hours and 19 minutes old.  The first picture I took was 9 minutes later, and I sighted it without any aid 10 minutes after that at 6:25 EST, 23 hours and 38 minutes after New Moon.

I used a modified Canon T1i, with a Tamron 18-200mm zoom. 

[Carole]

Wow, that was brave imaging in such temperatures. 

Pretty picture.

Carole

[Kenny]

Lovely image.

[Canadian Roger]

As I took the last picture, I looked south towards Orion, and for a second I seriously thought about opening up my observatory and taking some images.  I haven't had a chance to play with the 0.75x focal reducer for my 6" Ritchey-Chretien for a while.

Then I thought about how the lubricant in my mount would probably be more like glue, that motors would probably not work consistently, and the plastic covering internal and external wires could possibly crack if flexed and I thought better of it. 

Still, I was happy to see such a young moon.  I'd previously seen one that was 28 hours old, and I'd tried at other times to see one as young as 19 and 21 hours old, but without success.  If my face had been warm enough, it would have smiled.  That, however, had to wait until the warm air coming out of the vents in my car had defrosted me sufficiently.

[Kenny]

Nice earthshine too.

[MarkS]

Lovely picture - well worth the danger to life and limb of those extreme temperatures!

Mark

[Canadian Roger]

Thank you. 

Tonight we had a nice grouping of Mars, Venus and a thin crescent moon that was a lovely sight after sunset.  The temperature was a touch warmer, only -16C, and no wind.  According to the government weather office, we may not make it above freezing until March.