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Hello Astronomers!

Recently I have decided to capture full lunar cycle using Celestron 76az and Mobile camera...You can see here few images that I've captured...

Day 3:
Day_3_final.jpg
Day 4:
Day_4_Final.jpg
And waiting for day 5... :Astronomer1: :popcorn:

Share your images and join the party!!

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Very cool Harshil, hopefully the skies will cooperate for you to complete this.
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Day 5

Waxing crescent
20.3 % illuminated
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very nice , thx .
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I'm trying to get every single percentage of the moon - 0-100-0 . The weather gods have made it near impossible, but since the moon invariable destroys my DSO AP - I might just as well "Shoot the Moon"! I've gotten 6 images in the past year.

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Nice project Harshil!

Looking forward to seeing your completed project.
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Day 6

Waxing Crescent moon,
28.9% illuminated
Day_6_Final.jpg
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Hi Harshil. A very good progression of the lunar phases. Your images are quite nice and show the many surface structures near the terminator. Thanks for sharing these chronological sequences with us Harshil, and keep looking up.
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Very nice 👍
Thanks for sharing, I'm a Lunatic 🙂
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Neat project... thanks for sharing...

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Day 7

Waxing crescent moon,
38.3 % illuminated
20210119_213116.jpg
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Very nice run Harshil! I think the most I've had consecutive was 5 nights in a row; I'll have to check that when I get home.

Hope it continues for you!

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Day 8

First Quarter!
47.7% illuminated

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Day 9

waxing gibbous moon
57.2% illuminated
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Day 10

Waxing gibbous moon
66.5 %illuminated
20210122_212609.jpg
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Day 11

Waxing gibbous moon
75.3 %illuminated
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Day 12

Waxing gibbous moon
83.4 % illuminated
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Harshil, that is really quite the run you have going on!

I did some digging, and the most consecutive nights I've had was eight, from September 12th to the 19th, back in 2018. Took these with my Canon T3 and C80-HD:
8days.jpg

Hope it continues for you, nicely done as well :D

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Very nice sequence Harshil! Keep up the good work.
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Thanks for this Harshil.

I have often thought about but never got around to doing something like this. Good on you.

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