Of New Moons And Eclipses
Karachi Astronomy2021-01-08T12:24:57+00:00"If you want to test your memory, try to recall what you were worrying about one year ago today." - E. Joseph Cossman According to this criterion, my memory wouldn't have rated good if today were yesterday or tomorrow. But today is today, and one year ago, I was worrying about observing and photographing the partial solar eclipse of 22nd July 2009. A New Moon does not always bring a solar eclipse, but it does bring photography opportunities nevertheless. You read it right. Photographing a "new" Moon, although very challenging, is doable, and a record was set on 14th April 2010: the extremely [...]