Some hi-res lunar - 21 Feb

[smerral]

Despite the seeing being all over the place last night, some of these didn't turn out too bad. Done with the C8 and Altair GPcamV2 mono.

[jeff.stevens]

Beautiful. Quite sharp considering the conditions you mentioned. Love the one showing Plato, the Alpine Valley and Cassini.

Best wishes, Jeff.

[SkyBrowser]

You've caught the four dark patches in Alphonsus well. And that bright patch at the SSE. Presumably the latter is ejecta from that small (Copernican) crater.

For those not familiar with the Moon, the dark patches in Alphonsus stand out very well under a high sun ("full moon"), and make a handy locator if you're getting lost. They're a lot harder to spot under a low sun. I think they start to show easily around the 9-day mark.

[Cliff]

BrianS
Super Moon pics. Great to view them as always.
Best wishes from Cliff

[RMSteele]

Thanks for this lovely tour Brian, right down to the smallest detail (like the intriguing peep into Marth, next to Pitatus). Regards, Bob

[michael feist]

Wonderful photographs/images indeed. To think of the visual observing and drawing we did in the 1960s, looking for fine details...now all is revealed and much, much more besides. regards maf.

[SkyBrowser]

right down to the smallest detail (like the intriguing peep into Marth, next to Pitatus).

I keep trying to get a good eyeball view of the concentric rings in Marth, but so far no luck!

[smerral]

Thanks for the appreciation and interesting comments.

[brian livesey]

Marth? The concentric crater looks like Hesiodus b to me.

[SkyBrowser]

Marth? The concentric crater looks like Hesiodus b to me.

How about Hesiodus A? But, certainly not Marth, at least not the one I think we're talking about ...

[smerral]

Is this the one we're talking about?

[SkyBrowser]

It's certainly the one I'm talking about!

But Marth is the one I have not yet managed to catch visually.