Monday, January 26, 2015

"Good Night, Moon"

The waxing crescent.

6.3 day old moon

38.5 percent lit


...Editor of Astronomy Ireland magazine, (click here) David Moore, confirmed the photographer’s opinion. He said, “It is definitely a fireball or bright meteor…These objects come through the atmosphere at 70,000mph, burning up as they enter and are extremely rare to photograph.”Just one of these passes near Ireland about once a month. Astronomy Ireland is lucky to receive one picture per year...

Once a month?