Learn how to take beautiful pictures of the moon, when you join Bernard Magrath of Santa Fe Community College for a free talk titled “Observing and Photographing Moon Phases with an emphasis on Apollo Landing sites” at ‘Imiloa Astronomy Center
Learn how to take beautiful pictures of the moon, when you join Bernard Magrath of Santa Fe Community College for a free talk titled “Observing and Photographing Moon Phases with an emphasis on Apollo Landing sites” at ‘Imiloa Astronomy Center at 4 p.m. on Saturday, June 15. The presentation will be in the planetarium, and seating is limited. Admission is free and open to the public.
The moon is the most unique, beautiful, and accessible object in the sky. How it dances around the Earth as it displays its personality is a subject that has fascinated humankind as far back as memory goes.
Magrath’s book, “A Guide to Moon Phases and Nearside Lunar Features,” is a guidebook that anyone can use to access lunar surface features by eye, with simple binoculars, or, in fact, any kind of telescope.
For instance, say one wanted to see where Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin landed and walked on the moon. When is the best time to look? What part of the surface would one inspect? This talk answers questions like these. In addition, Magrath will present an innovation of digital photography designed to make astrophotography of the moon accessible and possible for anyone.
Magrath is an outdoorsman, entrepreneur, father, student and observatory professional who graduated from the University of Wyoming in 1988. After a career in infrared and optical observatories in Wyoming and Hawaii (Wyoming Infrared Observatory, Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope, Subaru Telescope) he changed his career path to teaching in 2009. Currently he teaches astronomy at the Santa Fe Community College in New Mexico where he wrote his own classroom lab textbook on moon phases. This is the project that he will discuss.
