Observing Report 6th-7th December 2009 (Moon bits)

Posted by @ 5:53 pm on Monday 14th December, 2009.
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Sorry, this is a bit late...

Sunday evening was forecast to be cloudy. I wasn't planning to get out to the obsy but seeing as the sky was almost clear late on I took a chance and got set up to observe the Moon and possibly get some webcam footage.

The seeing wasn't brilliant but there was plenty of detail to be seen. After an hour or so of crater-hopping with the 3.5mm Hyperion eyepiece I changed the setup and got stuck in with the webcam, getting some reasonable data during the small hours. Registax-processed results as follows:

Clavius (136 miles dia.)

 On the right, working downwards: Abulfeda (38 miles dia.), Almanon, Geber, Azophi/Abenezra/Abenezra C

Tycho (52 miles dia.)

Vallis Alpes (79 miles long, 7 miles wide at maximum)

Just in case you don't know your way around up there, here's some help:

Before you ask, no, I didn't take this pic.

2 Responses to “Observing Report 6th-7th December 2009 (Moon bits)”

  1. Scott says:

    Even leaving that last photie out of the equation, the moon looks nothing like that from my house.

    😯

  2. BG! says:

    It's all in the detail, Scott. I'll get some close-ups next time 😎

    If there's owt moonwise up there that you want imaging, let me know and I'll consider having a bash at it.

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