Starship Asterisk*

I was shocked to see this poorly done collage as APOD. Almost everything shown is untrue to the event or impossible to capture with any equipment. It might be a reasonable entry for a crowd sourced fantasy fanzine cover, but I believe that including images like this on a NASA sponsored site, damages...

Crescent Moon with Earthshine
URL: http://astronomy.robpettengill.org/blog170131.html
Copyright: Rob Pettengill
This day-lapse HDR composite captures the crescent moon with earthshine as it appears in a small telescope.

Crescent Moon with New Year Earthshine URL: http://astronomy.robpettengill.org/blog170103.html Copyright: Rob Pettengill Crescent Moon from Austin, Texas. Questar 3.5" telescope (1350 mm f14) with Sony a6300 at prime focus. Crescent 2017-01-02 7:47 PM CST. Exposed 1/15 sec at ISO 200. Best 8 o...

Here's the view from Austin:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robpetten ... 488230351/

My entry "Mercury and the Crescent Moon, Venus, Mars, & Jupiter Before Dawn" was sent with the title for another image. The correct title is:
"Mercury & the Moon with Earthshine"

;rob