Lunar MIThenge -- Monday 27 August, 4:40 am

Lunar MIThenge -- Monday 27 August, 4:40 am

I've seen the MIThenge solar phenomenon many times during my years at MIT. But this is the first time I've seen a lunar version, and it seems likely that this is the first time such a phenomenon has ever been observed. Click on the thumbnails for the full size picture, or view the full gallery or collage.

This guy set up his tripod about halfway down the corridor. With my cheapo camera and tiny tripod, I set up about a quarter of the way down the corridor, at the fire door of the Building 3 stairwell.

That's Lenny all blurry on the right, visiting various camera people along the corridor and giving advice, and turning off some lights so we can see better.

These three pictures show the moon traversing across the corridor's line of sight, from upper left to lower right, as it sets. The moon is very red and dim because it's very close to the horizon, and the weather is a little hazy. You can also see that there's a grating on the window(I took lots more pictures, but these are the best.)

Finally, I took a picture of Lenny's GPS, showing its time readout. The difference between this time and the timestamp on my pictures will allow Lenny to determine exactly when my pictures were taken. We also noted the exact location where my camera was. All these data will go to a national astronomy lab for post processing,
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