21 Day Old Moon
The is a full shot of a 21 Day old moon. The seeing was exceptionally well and it was one of my best views of the moon that i can remember, especially when viewing around the terminator.
In this image, Most of Mare Imbrium is in view withthe top portion of 'Ocean' covered by the Terminator. In the lower-south-east of Mare Imbrium, Montes Apenninus rises up to be a very large Mountain Range. Following the Apenninus Mountains west we see the large famous Crater called "Copernicus". Copernicus is a young impact crater with very Bright Ray's all around itself. The Ray's are formed when ejecta from the impact gets blasted away from the imact. Coprnicus's Rays spread as far as 800km away from the impact crater, and as you can see in my image are very easy to see, even with binoculars!
Date: 11/3/2004
Time: 11:00 PM
Location: Backyard of 111 Reed Drive
Seeing: Good
Site Conditions: The weather was calm and still, but very cold, almost freezing as the frost built up on the wooden deck, making it slippery.
Eyepiece Used: 25mm
Instrument: Nexstar 114GT with 4330DX
In this image, Most of Mare Imbrium is in view withthe top portion of 'Ocean' covered by the Terminator. In the lower-south-east of Mare Imbrium, Montes Apenninus rises up to be a very large Mountain Range. Following the Apenninus Mountains west we see the large famous Crater called "Copernicus". Copernicus is a young impact crater with very Bright Ray's all around itself. The Ray's are formed when ejecta from the impact gets blasted away from the imact. Coprnicus's Rays spread as far as 800km away from the impact crater, and as you can see in my image are very easy to see, even with binoculars!
Date: 11/3/2004
Time: 11:00 PM
Location: Backyard of 111 Reed Drive
Seeing: Good
Site Conditions: The weather was calm and still, but very cold, almost freezing as the frost built up on the wooden deck, making it slippery.
Eyepiece Used: 25mm
Instrument: Nexstar 114GT with 4330DX
posted by MattOnTheMoon | 11/03/2004
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