![]() ![]() Not sure why I can't even force MSAA via the nvidia driver though, so can't easily check whether there'd be any useful effect. I think this is simply because the Moon is rendered in the same non-realistic mode as when enlarged: too bright earthshine and very dull sunlit crescent (compared to real-life photos) - combined with lack of antialiasing. Simply disabling the lunar "halo" so that the lunar sphere is rendered visible with 3-5px diameter looks likewise stupidly unrealistic, because the moon is then not prominent enough. You must complete and submit no later than 08/06/15. ![]() When you have completed the exercise, please submit this worksheet for quiz credit. If you dont have observations of this phase. Lab 11: Stellarium Scavenger Hunt Introduction One last trip through the cosmos using Stellarium Complete the following questions, using the Stellarium program, the moon globes, and the celestial spheres. UPDATE: here's the original from the phone, where the crescent is even better visible: Choose two dates, one near the start of the observations and one near the end, when the Moon was first quarter. You can stop on certain views to understand the respective places of the Sun and the Moon. This one was taken by a phone and sent to me via WhatsApp, so the resolution and compression artifacts are ugly, but I hope you get the point: even in this crappy-quality photo the Moon crescent can be seen as crescent, not as a blurry point. A simulation with Stellarium to explain the Moon phases. Here's a photo I'd like to be able to reproduce (the sky part of it, of course click to view in full size): This seems to be asking for the same thing I wanted to ask: an option to show the Moon as crescent when it looks so in the sky. I was going to create a new issue when I saw this one. ![]()
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