[ExI] art thru careful planning

[spike at rainier66.com]

For the math fans among us, you can calculate to get this shot, Peter woulda had to be about 9 miles away.  The moon is about half a degree and you can get the dimensions of the Lick Observatory complex, then do the scaling:

 

Lunar eclipse over Lick Observatory | I headed to the Sierra… | Flickr <https://www.flickr.com/photos/peterthoeny/52077343460/?fbclid=IwAR22aEl1QRggDLGynwLWFOtEtP4cO3rTbPz1ZXHsu5Z0dNdIffjOVUecxU8> 

 

Everything had to work out just perfectly for this: a calm very clear evening over San Jose, trail access, cool as all get out.

 

I am thinking of trying a closer shot such that the main refractor dome on Mount Ham would span about a quarter of a degree.  But it won’t match that eclipse photo Peter took, heh.

 

spike

 

 

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Peter Thoeny really nailed this one.  This is the Lick Observatory on Mount Hamilton with this week’s lunar eclipse in the background.

 



 

I know the exact trail he was on to get this photo.  I hiked that one coupla weeks ago.

 

Well done indeed Peter! 

 

spike 

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