ブライアン・メイさんのインスタグラム写真 - (ブライアン・メイInstagram)「Magnificent new Last Quarter Moon photograph by my great friend Jamie Cooper. Yes - most of us would call this a Half Moon ! But astronomers like to be different - and designate this the Last Quarter - being the beginning of the last quarter in the month before it’s New Moon and it all starts again. This was a couple of nights ago. So now the Moon is waning, its shape gradually changing into an ever thinner Waning Crescent as the days go by. And photographing these phases requires lots of resilience because they can only be seen shortly before Dawn. Jamie has lots of resilience ! And lots of skill. It’s not generally appreciated what goes into capturing an astoundingly high quality image like this (try zooming in!). Jamie has carefully controlled the exposure in a number of video clips of small parts of the face of the Moon, captured through his 8 inch telescope. Then he stacks only the best quality frames from the movie to minimise noise and maximise resolution. Finally he stitches it all together in a mosaic to form the whole image you see here. Amazing !! Visit his IG to see more ! @jamiecooperphotography Rock on Jamie ! —- Bri」2月10日 14時08分