Wednesday, October 17, 2007

1.7

In the bright planets and crescent moon picture the quality of the image is extremely good. The moon is brilliant and Venus is shining bright. Venus' location in the sky right now makes it possible for it to be seen in the morning which is when this picture was taken. The picture is able to capture many things aside from the moon and Venus such as Saturn, Titan (Saturn's moon), and Regulus. Regulus, Saturn and Venus all form a triangle in this picture, with the crescent moon smack dab in the middle. This picture shows the details of the moon so well because, the moon is being lit up by the sunlight being reflected off the Earth.

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