![]() ![]() Using the 12.5mm ortho I could trace the whole length from Piccolomini in the south to where the scarp meets Catena Albufeda in the north. This wonderful scarp comes from the Nectarian (From -3.92 billions years to -3.85 billions years) period and is 291 miles long and 3000 feet deep, it's width is unknown according to VMA. The best view of this crater was through my 6mm ortho at x304 I could actually sense climbing the outer cliffs, they were that clear and looked that near. Very deep floor engulfed in blackness but the central peak was bathed in sunlight as was the surrounding walls. Through the 9mm ortho it looked stunning and is perfectly round with very steep sides I could see how steep they were due to the angle I was viewing Tycho from. What a fantastic object to observe Tycho is a large circular formation crater from the Copernician (From -1.1 billions years to present days) period and is 52 miles in diameter and very high at 14500 feet. I could even detect a black circular formation embedded into the terraced sides of Copernincus this turns out I think to be Coperninus A a 2 mile diameter crater of unknown height. Copernicus is situated on the Mare Insularum and is 56 miles in diameter and stands an impressive 11400 feet high. ejacta formations on every side going out some distance I estimate at least 80 miles. The basin floor surrounding the three mountains is otherwise flat and the crater has steep terraced walls, rims bathed in sunlight. I was looking straight down on to tis wonderful crater Copernicus and with my trusty 9mm ortho at x I could detect two central peaks but by inserting the 4mm ortho to give me a magnification of x457 I could just split one of the peaks into two thus making three peaks but this was very hard to do and needed moments of good seeing. ![]() ![]() This mountain range is truly wonderful and there is so much to see and observe. I could detect both these mountains with my 6mm inserted. Some of the peaks are at least 16400 feet high and include Mons Huygens and Mons Wolf. Almost all the seas, lakes and basins are darker and makes it alot easier to distinguish between high and low ground.īy far the most magnificent range of mountains on the moon, including some 3000 peaks, and extending in an almost continuous curve of more than 576 miles in length. Through a widefield eyepiece the contrast difference between the darker mare deposits and the lighter highland geology is very evident. The night side appears to glow faintly and the entire orb of the Moon is dimly visible. Sunlight is reflected from the Earth to the night side of the Moon. When the Moon is new as viewed from Earth, the Earth is nearly fully lit up as viewed from the Moon. I will try to add as much information as I can and include other objects seen while observing specific objects.Įarthshine is most readily observable shortly before and after a New Moon, during the waxing or waning crescent phase. To study the moon and do my lunar 100 I will be using my Meade Lightbridge 16" scope and using a collection of Uwan and orthoscopic eyepieces. Water was discovered on the moon in November 2009. The moon has no atmosphere which of course stops the Moon from having any weather or wind. The moon orbits the Earth at 2,288 miles per hour and has an orbit of 1,423,0000 miles. The moon is aprroximately 4.5 billion years old and is 2000 miles in diameter. The moon is a wonderful object to study, there are so many craters, mountains, valley and seas that it would take a lifetime to observe every single one. ![]()
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