Moon
Hadley Rille
For those familiar with the Apollo 15 landing site, it is just possible to make out the 'South Cluster' of craters
visited by the astronauts on the Lunar Rover!
21.9.08 02:32UT
C14 @ F27; SKYnyx 2-0M; Trutek R; Baader UV/IR rejection.
Hadley Rille
22.4.10 20:51UT
C14 @ F38; SKYnyx 2-0M; Trutek R; Baader UV/IR rejection.
Apennines
21.5.10
C14 @ F11; SKYnyx 2-0M; Trutek R; Baader UV/IR rejection.
Ptolemaeus to Arzachel
Notice the Davy crater chain lower centre.
22.5.10
C14 @ F11; SKYnyx 2-0M; Trutek R; Baader UV/IR rejection.
1.9.10 01:39 UTC
Ptolemaeus
C14 @ F27 SKYnyx 2-0M CCD; good seeing
Trutek R filter Baader UV/IR rejection filter
5.8.10
Aristarchus plateau
C14 @ F11 SKYnyx 2-0M CCD; quite choppy seeing
Trutek R filter Baader UV/IR rejection filter
5.8.10
Aristarchus plateau in close up
C14 @ F27 SKYnyx 2-0M CCD; quite choppy seeing
Trutek R filter Baader UV/IR rejection filter
Colour on the Moon
The following trio of images show the Aristarchus Plateau in colour. The first is in natural unenhanced
colour and to my eyes there is a subtle blue tinge around Aristarchus and the main body of the plateau
appears slightly mustard. The subsequent two images are the same but with colour progressively
enhanced.
Aristarchus Plateau
11.10.08 RGB
C14 @ F11; SKYnyx 2-0M; Trutek R, G and B filters; Baader UV/IR rejection filter.
5.8.10
Schiller and environs
C14 @ F11 SKYnyx 2-0M CCD; quite choppy seeing and strong twilight
Trutek R filter Baader UV/IR rejection filter
1.9.10 02:52:30 UTC
Schiller
C14 @ F27 SKYnyx 2-0M CCD; quite good seeing
Trutek R filter Baader UV/IR rejection filter
Schiller (favourable libration)
30cm Meade LX200 SCT @ F25, Lu075M CCD
Baader UV/IR blocker; True technology R filter = 5700 stack
Straight Wall in a variety of lighting conditions
1.9.10 02:47 UTC
C14 @ F27 SKYnyx 2-0M CCD; good seeing
Trutek R filter Baader UV/IR rejection filter
22.4.10 21:10UT
C14 @ F27; SKYnyx 2-0M; Trutek R; Baader UV/IR rejection.
Straight Wall to Arzachal
Straight Wall
21.5.10
C14 @ F27; SKYnyx 2-0M; Trutek R; Baader UV/IR rejection.
1.9.10 02:42 UTC
Alphonsus
C14 @ F27 SKYnyx 2-0M CCD; good seeing
Trutek R filter Baader UV/IR rejection filter
1.9.10 02:35 UTC
Philolaus
C14 @ F27 SKYnyx 2-0M CCD; good seeing
Trutek R filter Baader UV/IR rejection filter
1.9.10 02:32 UTC
North Polar Region
C14 @ F27 SKYnyx 2-0M CCD; good seeing
Trutek R filter Baader UV/IR rejection filter
1.9.10 02:29 UTC
Sinus Iridum
C14 @ F27 SKYnyx 2-0M CCD; good seeing
Trutek R filter Baader UV/IR rejection filter
Sinus Iridum
16.2.08
C14 @ F27; SKYnyx 2-0M; Trutek R; Baader UV/IR rejection.
1.9.10 02:25 UTC
Pythagoras
C14 @ F27 SKYnyx 2-0M CCD; good seeing
Trutek R filter Baader UV/IR rejection filter
Plato
1.9.10 02:18 UTC
C14 @ F27 SKYnyx 2-0M CCD; good seeing
Trutek R filter Baader UV/IR rejection filter
Plato
3.4.09 20:00 - 20:09UT
C14 @ F27; SKYnyx 2-0M; Trutek R; Baader UV/IR rejection.
Clavius
1.9.10 02:11 UTC
C14 @ F27 SKYnyx 2-0M CCD; good seeing
Trutek R filter Baader UV/IR rejection filter
Sunrise over Clavius
25.12.09 18:37 - 19:04 UT
C14 @ F26; SKYnyx 2-0M; Trutek R; Baader UV/IR rejection.
Clavius
16.2.08
C14 @ F27; SKYnyx 2-0M; Trutek R; Baader UV/IR rejection.
5.8.10 04:53 UTC!
Schickard with its dark floor areas nicely shown
C14 @ F11 SKYnyx 2-0M CCD; quite choppy seeing in brilliant twilight
Trutek R filter Baader UV/IR rejection filter
5.8.10
Gassendi
C14 @ F11 SKYnyx 2-0M CCD; quite choppy seeing and bright twilight
Trutek R filter Baader UV/IR rejection filter
5.8.10
Mare Orientale mozaic of three images at favourable libration
C14 @ F11 SKYnyx 2-0M CCD; quite choppy seeing
Trutek R filter Baader UV/IR rejection filter
2.8.10
Triesnecker Rilles at sunset
C14 @ F11 SKYnyx 2-0M CCD; quite poor seeing
Trutek R filter Baader UV/IR rejection filter
Pitatus (centre right), Wolf (top centre), Bullialdus (top left)
22.5.10
C14 @ F11; SKYnyx 2-0M; Trutek R; Baader UV/IR rejection.
Tycho down to Clavius
22.5.10
C14 @ F11; SKYnyx 2-0M; Trutek R; Baader UV/IR rejection.
Sunrise over Copernicus (part 1)
22.5.10 20:28UT
C14 @ F11; SKYnyx 2-0M; Trutek R; Baader UV/IR rejection.
Sunrise over Copernicus (part 2)
22.5.10 21:19UT
C14 @ F11; SKYnyx 2-0M; Trutek R; Baader UV/IR rejection.
Copernicus
23.4.10 20:54UT
C14 @ F27; SKYnyx 2-0M; Trutek R; Baader UV/IR rejection.
Aristillus
21.9.08 01:45UT
C14 @ F27; SKYnyx 2-0M; Trutek R; Baader UV/IR rejection.
Eratosthenes
22.4.10 20:42UT
C14 @ F27; SKYnyx 2-0M; Trutek R; Baader UV/IR rejection.
Eratosthenes
25.12.09 19:09 - 19:20 UT
C14 @ F26; SKYnyx 2-0M; Trutek R; Baader UV/IR rejection.
Orientale multi-ringed impact basin
You may be aware that the Moon presents essentially the same 'face' towards us because it spins on its axis
with the same time period as it takes to complete one orbit around the Earth. What is less obvious is that
the Moon actually displays more than 50% of its surface because of more complicated effects: this is known
as libration. In the early hours of 26.6.08 I was lucky enough to catch the Moon displaying a very favourable
libration of more than 8 degrees that was in such a direction as to reveal a lot of the spectacular Orientale
multi-ringed impact basin. You may be familiar with the famous views from above of this wonderful
structure obtained from lunar orbiting spacecraft. As I am familiar with these iconic images from space,
I am able to see a 3-D effect when I look at the full resolution version of the image below, with the arcs of
the Cordillera, Outer Rook and Inner Rook Mountains poking upwards above the lower plains.
Mozaic: 03:38 UT, 03:43 UT, 03:48 UT, 03:55UT. C14 @ F27; SKYnyx 2-0M; Trutek R; Baader UV/IR rejection. Seeing 4-5/10. Transparency 9/10.
Click here for full resolution version!
Wider angle view ...
Mozaic: 03:03 UT, 03:08 UT, 03:14 UT. C14 @ F11; SKYnyx 2-0M; Trutek R; Baader UV/IR rejection.
Favourable libration of Mare Orientale
Few people realise that although the moon shows the same 'face', there are occasions when one is able to see features near the edge rotated slightly into view from the 'far side'. My favourite 'far side' feature to hunt for is Mare Orientale, seen here top centre of this image (dark baslatic lava plains with concentric mountainous rings). Mare Oirentale formed when a huge body collided with the moon in the dim and distant past.
10.9.09 04:21UT/04:26UT/04:33UT mozaic
C14 @ F11; SKYnyx 2-0M; Trutek R; Baader UV/IR rejection.
The above image shows sunrise over part of the same region. The mountain range that cuts across near the top of the image are the Cordilleras, thought to be associated with the gigantic event that created Orientale.
1.11.09 23:09UT/23:13UT/23:15UT mozaic under rather poor seeing with cloud interfering
C14 @ F11; SKYnyx 2-0M; Trutek R; Baader UV/IR rejection.
Archimedes
3.4.09 20:23 - 20:31UT
C14 @ F27; SKYnyx 2-0M; Trutek R; Baader UV/IR rejection.
Archimedes: a more 'gentile' version!
Alphonsus and Arzachel
22.4.10 21:24UT and 21:37UT resp.
C14 @ F27; SKYnyx 2-0M; Trutek R; Baader UV/IR rejection.
Arzachel and Alpetragius
3.4.09 20:49 - 20:55UT
C14 @ F27; SKYnyx 2-0M; Trutek R; Baader UV/IR rejection.
Alphonsus
3.4.09 20:39 - 21:50UT
C14 @ F27; SKYnyx 2-0M; Trutek R; Baader UV/IR rejection.
Deslandres (lower left)
21.5.10
C14 @ F11; SKYnyx 2-0M; Trutek R; Baader UV/IR rejection.
Deslandres
So huge is the battered rim of this crater that I could only capture part of it!
3.4.09 21:11 - 21:20UT
C14 @ F27; SKYnyx 2-0M; Trutek R; Baader UV/IR rejection.
Theophilus, Cyrillus and Catharina
1.4.09 21:00 - 21:07UT
C14 @ F11; SKYnyx 2-0M; Trutek R; Baader UV/IR rejection.
Apollo 11 landing site
1.4.09 20:50 - 20:57UT
C14 @ F11; SKYnyx 2-0M; Trutek R; Baader UV/IR rejection.
Hyginus and Ariadaeus Rilles
12.4.08 20:02 UT
Hyginus and Triesnecker Rilles
31.5.09 20:42 - 20:50UT
C14 @ F11; SKYnyx 2-0M; Trutek R; Baader UV/IR rejection.
Gutenberg/Gutenberg Rilles
11.2.08 17:20 - 17:50 UT half-size mazaic
C14 @ F27; SKYnyx 2-0M; Trutek R; Baader UV/IR rejection.
Posidonius
12.2.08 17:35 UT
C14 @ F27; SKYnyx 2-0M; Trutek R; Baader UV/IR rejection.
Arago Domes
12.2.08 17:45 UT
C14 @ F27; SKYnyx 2-0M; Trutek R; Baader UV/IR rejection.
Torricelli
12.2.08 18:00 UT
C14 @ F27; SKYnyx 2-0M; Trutek R; Baader UV/IR rejection.
Lacus Mortis
12.2.08 18:06 UT
C14 @ F27; SKYnyx 2-0M; Trutek R; Baader UV/IR rejection.
Mt Pico et al
16.2.08
C14 @ F27; SKYnyx 2-0M; Trutek R; Baader UV/IR rejection.
Gassendi
17.2.08
C14 @ F27; SKYnyx 2-0M; Trutek R; Baader UV/IR rejection.
Sunset over Copernicus
C14 @ F27, SKYnyx 2-0M through R filter with Baader UV/IR cut filter, 5.10.07 05:09 UT.
Craterlets between Copernicus and Eratosthenes
6.12.08 20:56UT
C14 @ F11; SKYnyx 2-0M; Trutek R; Baader UV/IR rejection.
Alpine Valley
31.5.09 20:52 - 21:00UT
C14 @ F11; SKYnyx 2-0M; Trutek R; Baader UV/IR rejection.
Hyginus Rille
21.9.08 01:31UT
C14 @ F27; SKYnyx 2-0M; Trutek R; Baader UV/IR rejection.
Grimaldi near sunrise
13.9.08 19:53 UT
C14 @ F11; SKYnyx 2-0M
The Total Lunar Eclipse of 3rd March, 2007
For more images of the eclipse click here or on above image.
Alfraganus, Taylor and Delamore
10.11.06 05.19 - 05.21 UT
30cm Meade LX200 SCT @F25; Lu075M CCD; Trutek R filter + Baader UV/IR blocker; 3250 stack