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Lunar Impact Basin Hidden in Plain Sight

12 June 2024 2330UT Quite warm and still, sky still blue with mid-summer twilight Megrez 90 on AZ4 with Denk binoviewer 19mm panoptics (29x 2.3O fov) Salisbury, England The near first […]

Posted on 18 June 2024 by Mark
Posted in Lunar, Observing Report

Lunar Volcanoes – 25 March 2021

Observing the moon, while dodging clouds, on 25 March 2021 with a distinctly volcanic theme. Mons Guithuisen Gamma and Delta Two, relatively large, lunar volcanoes near Sinus Iridum, on the […]

Posted on 20 April 202120 April 2021 by Mark
Posted in Lunar, Observing ReportTagged aristarchus, ASI224, C11, celestron, Gruisthuisen, imaging, Marius, moon, observing, ZWO

23 March 2021: Waxing Moon

Another beautifully clear night, dominated by the waxing moon under surprisingly good seeing. Scanning through the eyepiece showed Sinus Iridum on the terminator.  I love the way it appears in […]

Posted on 12 April 202112 April 2021 by Mark
Posted in Lunar, Observing ReportTagged ASI224, C11, celestron, copernicus, Hippalus, imaging, lunar, Malapert, moon

Observing the Plato Craterlets: 22 March 2021

22 March 2021: Exploring the Montes Alpes Region The image below (a mosaic of 2 frames) shows the Montes Alpes region from Plato to the nearby Vallis Alpes as seen […]

Posted on 7 April 20217 April 2021 by Mark
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Waning Moon 28 February 2021

A beautiful bright moon tonight with good seeing.  A few stunning targets in the camera tonight: The mountains around Mare Crisum looked amazing. Petavius and its rilles – I reckon […]

Posted on 6 April 20216 April 2021 by Mark
Posted in Lunar, Observing Report, Uncategorized

Sinus Iridum and Malapert Massif: 25 January 2021

My first clear night evening in the observatory since breaking my foot and having the bone pinned in November.  At long last the cast is off and the pain & […]

Posted on 6 April 20216 April 2021 by Mark
Posted in Lunar, Observing Report, Uncategorized

Inghirami Valley and Ricciolo Crater

25 February 2021: Gibbous Moon Cold but calm, no wind and beautifully clear. A bright moon, nearing full, is lighting up the frosting grass. Examination through the eyepiece reveals a […]

Posted on 6 April 20216 April 2021 by Mark
Posted in Lunar, Observing Report

Mare Orientale: 26 February 2021

Mare Orientale is a huge impact basin on the far side of the moon at 95degW.  Like most impact basins, it is a series of impressive mountain rings arranged concentrically […]

Posted on 20 March 202120 March 2021 by Mark
Posted in Lunar

Observing the Far Side of The Moon

The moon’s captured rotation around the Earth prevents us from observing the rear-facing hemisphere. No matter how many times I have observed the moon, I can only ever see slightly […]

Posted on 17 November 201912 April 2021 by Mark
Posted in Lunar, Uncategorized

Clear skies – Thursday 7 November 2019

The sky cleared late afternoon but, after days of rain, the air tasted of damp as the air temperature dropped after sunset. Once home from work, I set up my […]

Posted on 10 November 201912 April 2021 by Mark
Posted in Lunar, Observing Report

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