This is an explanation
on how to predict the exact location and time of a moon or sunrise. Since a
telescope or a camera zoom lens have high magnifications, pointing your
manually controlled telescope to the exact location of the moonrise is
essential if you want to capture the moon as it rises above the horizon.
Otherwise you might miss the first moments of the moonrise while you’re trying
to readjust the telescope.
What you’ll need is:
Before
you start you must find your observation location in Google earth and set the observation
location in Stellarium to your coordinates. Your clock must be synchronized with Stellarium’s clock.
First I checked in
Stellarium where the moon is going to rise. In my case it was somewhere around
115 degrees.
