Waxing Gibbous, 99% visible

#canon #sigma #fotodiox

Waxing Gibbous, 95% visible

#canon #sigma #fotodiox

Mr. Moon was back after a one night absence

Waxing Gibbous, 71% visible

The moon is out two nights in a row!

Waxing Crescent, 38% visible

So that is what the moon looks like

First time I've seen the moon in 3 weeks

Waxing Crescent

27% Visible

The clouds parted after the rain stopped last night so Mr. Moon made an appearance

Waxing Gibbous, 96% Visible

#canon #sigma #fotodiox

First quarter, 52% visible

A blistering 7 degrees out last night. Clear sky, nice pic

#canon #sigma #fotodiox

Waxing Crescent, 32% visible

The clouds parted as the cold front approached. Temps dropped 20 degrees in a few hours. And Mr. Moon came out.

A beautiful start to the day

Last Quarter, 37% visible

Waning Gibbous, 65% visible

A brisk -11F out when taking the picture yesterday morning

A cold night and a beauty of a moon

Full, 98% visible

Full, 100% visible

So beautiful last night

Still visible in N. Illinois

If you can - go outside

A beautiful end to a hectic day

Waxing Gibbous, 99% visible

Another 4 inches on Sunday

14 for the season so far

I'm sick of it

The snow stopped and the clouds parted last night just in time for a picture

Waxing Gibbous, 73% visible

First Quarter, 57% visible

High fast moving clouds and chilly weather made it a bit of a challenge to get a good image

After a day - almost 2.5 inches gone. #happy

1 to 2 inches was predicted...

High thin clouds made for a challenge to get a decent image

Last Quarter, 39% visible

Waning Gibbous, 49% visible

19F outside. A bit chilly.

After spending a couple of mornings hiding Mr. Moon was out Sunday morning

Waning Gibbous, 59% visible

Waning Gibbous, 79% visible

Clouds were starting to roll in so I'm happy with this shot.

Waning Gibbous, 88% visible

#supermoon through the trees

Last nights #supermoon

A couple of #supermoon shots from last night. I was hoping for more this morning but clouds were in the way

Waxing Gibbous, 82% visible

3 image HDR

Waxing Gibbous, 72% visible

Windows Uptime

(Because supporting the uptime command would be too easy...)

In the Command Prompt

C:\temp>net stats srv | find "since"

Statistics since 10/20/2016 10:02:37 AM

PowerShell v3

PS C:\temp> Get-CimInstance -ClassName win32_operatingsystem | select csname, lastbootuptime

csname lastbootuptime
------ --------------
DC1 10/20/2016 11:01:15 AM

It appears that PowerShell doesn't handle the time falling back...

So I created a uptime alias in Powershell. The following will do it in your current shell.

function get-uptime {Get-CimInstance -ClassName win32_operatingsystem | select csname, lastbootuptime}
new-alias uptime get-uptime

To make the alias sticky add these commands to the Microsoft.PowerShell_profile.ps1 file in your profile and enable script execution. Where your profile file is at and how to enable script execution are in the links below.

Useful links

• https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/heyscriptingguy/2013/03/27/powertip-get-the-last-boot-time-with-powershell/
  
• https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee176913.aspx?f=255&MSPPError=-2147217396
  
• https://4sysops.com/archives/how-to-create-a-powershell-alias/
  
• https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee176961.aspx?f=255&MSPPError=-2147217396

First Quarter

53% visible

Add in a contrail from a passing jet

Waxing Crescent, 47% visible

A beauty tonight

Waxing Crescent, 23% visible

Waxing Crescent 16% visible

Congrats to the 2016 World Series Champion

Chicago Cubs

A beautiful morning moon

Waning Gibbous, 85% visible

A tale of two moons. Last night

Waning Gibbous, 94% visible

And this morning

Waning Gibbous, 92% visible

Full, 98% visible

Canon SX710 Point and Shoot

Back to a beautiful clear night sky. Someday I'll live where there is less light polution.

Waxing Gibbous, 93% visible

The Night Sky

I've always loved the night sky. The Moon, the stars, the darkness - just feels right. I made a friend a year ago who got me motivated to start making pictures of the moon. Every pic reminds me of that friendship. It may be all that I have...

Beautiful sky tonight

Waxing Gibbous, 78% visible

High thin clouds made getting this image a little challenging. A little #Lightroom magic and something decent appears

Waxing Gibbous, 69% visible

First Quarter, 59% visible

First quarter, 44% visible

Waxing Crescent, 38% visible

Waxing Crescent, 22% visible

Mr. Moon is back. I can see the earth light - just can't seem to catch it in the image.

Waxing Crescent, 14% visible

Just about gone...

Waning Crescent, 12% visible