Hi all, Hope everone is eating up photons at Duckadang, Beeaauut Weather hey ! I'll be Dropping in for the fri arvo, have a quick squizz & meet some of you IISérs
Also, here a few pics of some moonage from mid last month, I think with the 10" Newt ? The old Meade LPI, 1/3 Mp actually decided to track this time, never done that before in the 5yrs Ive had it ? ? ? So, was able to collect 50 odd frames on average which smoothed the results out heaps !
1st ) Three great craters, low center, from Left to Right : Ptolemaeus 158Km Diam, Alphonsus & Aezachel !
2nd ) Mountains, Montes Apenninus, Highest peak 5400m.
For matter of interest, The Snowey Mountains Mnt Kosciuszko 2,230m.
Mnt Everest 8,800m
3rd ) Vallis Alpes, dark streak right of center, 134km length 13km at widest. Some nearby mountain peaks reaching 3,300m hieght
4th ) Big Dark Patch top left, Mare Crisium.
Dark Patch low right quadrant, Mare Tranquillitatis
5th ) Crater with central peak at left, Walter Q,
And some interesting craters just left of center crushing one another.
Hope it worth the Squizz , ,