This was a perfect night to view the Supermoon--the closest the full moon was for the last 18 years! The trees near the horizon were leafless, and the temperature was mild.
My wife set me up with a spectacular viewing set-up: a pair of Oberwerk 15 x 70 big binoculars on a Universal Astronomics tripod and parallelogram-balanced viewing assembly--which means I could view the moon for minutes at a time effortlessly instead of just for seconds hand held.
Add to this a special reclining chair meant for sky watching, and it doesn't get any better than this! Below is the setup on my deck!
My wife set me up with a spectacular viewing set-up: a pair of Oberwerk 15 x 70 big binoculars on a Universal Astronomics tripod and parallelogram-balanced viewing assembly--which means I could view the moon for minutes at a time effortlessly instead of just for seconds hand held.
Add to this a special reclining chair meant for sky watching, and it doesn't get any better than this! Below is the setup on my deck!
From my Canon DSLR on a tripod with a 300mm lens with a 2x extender, I was able to capture this image!
Finally, while I was walking my dog and carrying a small Canon point and shoot camera, I took this handheld shot just to show that I did I see this moon in its "Great Pumpkin" mode:
