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One August evening, around dusk, I noticed my husband setting up his 10 inch Newtonian telescope in our backyard. Moon There weren't many stars visible yet, but the moon was very bright. I had just gotten a new digital camera (Nikon CoolPix 800) and wanted to see if it could take a picture through his telescope. With the moon in focus, I held the camera lense up to the eyepiece and just clicked, using all automated functions on the camera. Conditions were right for a good capture of the moon's Terminator. This is the area in shadow that shows the detail of craters. The background of the moon was black, as there was nothing bright enough around the moon for my camera to capture.

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October's full moon is called the "Hunter's Moon" or sometimes the "Blood Moon" or "Sanguine Moon". It is the first Full Moon after the Harvest Moon (the Full Moon nearest the Autumnal equinox) and it gets its name from hunters who tracked and killed their prey by autumn moonlight, stockpiling food for the winter ahead.
Source: www.nightskyinfo.com

Click here for a picture of the blood moon, October 2004. The picture was taken using a digital camera and tripod. The moon was bright, but some of the red color was captured around the edge.