Cold Moon

The full Moon of December is traditionally known as the Cold Full Moon. This name was given by Native American tribes from parts of what is now the northern and eastern United States. Each full Moon was given a distinctive name so that the tribes could easily keep track of the seaons.

Image Specifications:

     •  Instrument:  Vixen VC200LDG
     •  Camera:  Canon 20Da
     •  Filters:  None
     •  Mount:  Losmandy GM-8 Equatorial
     •  Guiding:  None
     •  Time / Date :  December 2, 2006, 7:45PM EDT
     •  Location:  Palmyra, NJ
     •  Weather:  Poor transparency and hazy clouds, 40degF
     •  Primary Exposure :  2 image mosaic, each exposure 1/100sec, ISO 100, RAW
     •  Calibration Frames:  None
     •  Image Processing :  Images Plus Deconvolution, Photoshop CS2