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The Moon only appeared very briefly last night ( at around 4.00am) and even then was behind a watery veil of cloud. I took a couple of photos just for a record of the event: with luck the last super moon of the year (on December 4th) will coincide with clear skies.
Tonight's full Moon (if it's not cloudy where you are!) is a super Moon: this occurs when the Moon is both full and at perigee (closest approach to Earth) at the same time. It's only slightly larger, but people often comment that it appears a little brighter.
The photo is of last's night's gibbous Moon, just one day off full. The young ray crater Tycho sho...
My turn to drive: we headed north to Cley, arriving before 8.00am. A brief visit to Bishop's revealed absolutely nothing to set the pulses racing, so we carried on to the East Bank. With help from a couple of friendly locals, we managed to pick out the long-staying Grey Phalarope on Pope's Marsh, whizzing around among the Shovelers. A walk out to the sea gave us just a fly-by...
Last night the waxing Moon was close to Saturn: I tried using a 2x extender on my R7 and 100-400 zoom combo. The extender meant I didn't have to crop to obtain a large image: I think the result is better, but I did need a tripod.
href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNmvkeUIN3QMwhFiuqPyhZPWko9l2bimn9NNWIMYalaqEO6yO90_kn5FGNdvdbD...Our best evening ever? Well if Carlsberg made gigs...Desmond, the larger-than-life and highly talented restaurateur, invited us to play for his family and friends to celebrate his 60th birthday: that's him in the white Cab Calloway suit! He joined us to give an impressive rendition of 'Minnie the Moocher' - neither he nor we had ever played the song, but, regardless, it was a...
