This is our first trial to observe the crescent by CCD Camera using our new equipment. The observation was started by Moh’d Odeh and some friends on Monday 12 July 2010 at 09:30 local time (UT+4)in Abu Dhabi. Despite the very hot weather (max temperature 44 degrees C), he made the observation from one of a company building's roof! The alignment was done on Tuesday 06 July.

After more than 15 trials from 09:30 up to 19:30, with an hour break every 2 hours!, the new crescent was seen only very few minutes before the Sunset. Actually the sun was almost setting at the time the group saw the crescent! After the crescent was captured by the CCD camera using IR filter, they tried to see the crescent by telescope! But it was not seen neither by naked eye nor by telescope! It was only captured using the new technology (CCD Imaging).