This is the beginning of my explorations into astrophotography. Astronomy has long been a fascination of mine. Astrophotography comes with a learning curve as big as the Moon. Learning how to polar align an equatorial mount and use zoom lenses to make many images on high ISO to later stack additive exposures and clean up noise is a big task. Some approaches are more forgiving than others. To me the Moon symbolizes cycles, fertility and feminine energy. Here we see a Waxing Gibbous Moon.