Full moon boogie on the Peak

by Richard Crisp


I decided to head up to Fremont Peak last night moon notwithstanding.Other than a lone coyote that paid me a visit near sunset and a feral hog working the trash can circuit about 1:30am, I was alone up there.

The moon was very bright as expected, but the transparency was good enough that it really did not bother me too much

The temperatures were coolish: low 60s all night. The marine layer was below and there was about a 5 to 7 knot breeze.

My work concentrated on IC1318 which I shot in Halpha and in color:

http://www.rdcrisp.darkhorizons.org/ic1318_region_in_halpha_page.htm

http://www.rdcrisp.darkhorizons.org/ic1318_region_in_color_page.htm

The moon gave me a slight gradient but it doesn't seem to bother the Halpha image very much.