The full moon of December is traditionally called the "Cold Moon". An appropriate nickname - the temperature is already in the single-digits Fahrenheit two hours before midnight. This year it is also a perigean full moon (aka "super moon"), so it is noticeably brighter than average.
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| Cold Moon rising over Snowshoe Mountain, 04 December. |
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| Cold Moon illumination. Laowa 7.5mm f/2 lens, 2-hr live composite. |
A large sunspot group is traversing the sun.
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| White light. AT80EDT refractor + Lunt solar wedge. |
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| Hydrogen-Alpha light. Lunt LS50THa with double-stacked etalons. |
Even though it is winter, heat currents in the air make it difficult to get sharp single images of the sun during the middle of the day.
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