Quarks to Quasars

First Quarter Moon The Moon appeared half illuminated when the photographer snapped this image. We call this moment in our lone natural satellite’s orbit “First Quarter” because the Moon is one-fourth of the way through its phases, which traditionally start at New Moon. It also marks the point where, from our perspective on Earth, we see precisely one-fourth of the Moon’s total surface. (3.2-inch Stellarvue 80mm apochromatic refractor at f/4.8, Celestron NexImage 5 CMOS camera with Gain set at 4, 1/90-second exposure, taken June 26, 2012, from Guelph, Ontario, Canada)

First Quarter Moon

The Moon appeared half illuminated when the photographer snapped this image. We call this moment in our lone natural satellite’s orbit “First Quarter” because the Moon is one-fourth of the way through its phases, which traditionally start at New Moon. It also marks the point where, from our perspective on Earth, we see precisely one-fourth of the Moon’s total surface. (3.2-inch Stellarvue 80mm apochromatic refractor at f/4.8, Celestron NexImage 5 CMOS camera with Gain set at 4, 1/90-second exposure, taken June 26, 2012, from Guelph, Ontario, Canada)

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