In the USA today was Father's Day.
Happy Farther's Day to all the Dad's.
Moon was bright and sky was not too bad so I decided to focus my attention on the Moon. I realized that this is our closest celestial neighbor, one where I can see great detail and I have not really studied it at all. Oh, I take a look now and then but I don't really look.
About 65 degrees F, 85% humidity and a light breeze. There were some clouds in the sky but nothing obstructing the moon. There was the usual glow around the moon but that is pretty much all the time.
Around 10:15 pm I pulled out my Orion Moon Map, my Meade ETX 80, observing chair, bucket of accessories and a table. I set up the scope low by shortening the legs. I put the moon map on the table and put on my 2 stalk clip on red light, attaching that to a clip board.
Put in the Celestron 8-24 zoom with my Orion 25% transmission moon filter. Not a lot of contrast as it was a full moon. So, what would be interesting to do?
Decided to find the location of each of the Apollo manned missions that landed on the moon. A11, 12, 14, 15, 16, 17.
Working with the Moon chart, the zoom and a 2X barlow, I identified where each of the missions landed. Then I pulled out my 10X50 binoculars and identified, again, where each landed. Interesting. Too bad we can't see what they left behind.
Clear skies to you all.
