Moon Moon 2.7.2023

[pakarinen]

Since last night was forecast to be clear before clouds and rain roll in, I took out my 72ED about 20:30 for lunar firstlight. It was a bit too close to full for my tastes, but I'm happy I went out. I saw and identified several features along the terminator which I haven't seen before, or if I have, I have no memory / notes of them:

Craters:
Geminus
Burckhardt
Cleomedes
Macrobius
Bilharz
Naonobu
Atwood

The central peak of Langrenus was poking up out the darkness. And maybe the best catch: Dorsa Geike:

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Also did a few obligatory open clusters while I waited for the moon to clear my neighbor's tree - sword of Orion, M41, M47, and The Praesepe, but M50 was no bueno for whatever reason. All in all a short but good session.

[Nakedgun]

Since last night was forecast to be clear before clouds and rain roll in, I took out my 72ED about 20:30 for lunar firstlight. It was a bit too close to full for my tastes, but I'm happy I went out. I saw and identified several features along the terminator which I haven't seen before, or if I have, I have no memory / notes of them:

Craters:
Geminus
Burckhardt
Cleomedes
Macrobius
Bilharz
Naonobu
Atwood

The central peak of Langrenus was poking up out the darkness. And maybe the best catch: Dorsa Geike:
Inkeddorsa.jpg


Also did a few obligatory open clusters while I waited for the moon to clear my neighbor's tree - sword of Orion, M41, M47, and The Praesepe, but M50 was no bueno for whatever reason. All in all a short but good session.

~

I was all set to enjoy the 95% illuminated Moon upon rising last night, as well, but clouds had other plans, unexpectedly.



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[Makuser]

Hi Olen. A nice observing report from you using your 72ED telescope. After you grabbed some open clusters and DSO objects you followed this with nice list of lunar surface details that you observed. And spotting the central peaks of Crater Langrenus (132 km) on the eastern side of Mare Fecunditatis was a rewarding catch. Did you also view Crater Vendelinus (147 km) which was close by too? Thanks for your fun read report of your short session Olen and keep looking up.

[pakarinen]

Did you also view Crater Vendelinus (147 km) which was close by too?

Possibly, but I didn't identify it. I was using a lunar map app on my phone, which is not the best given the screen size and the comparatively small number of features the app shows. I'll have to check if Vendelinus looks familiar on Virtual Moon or one of my paper atlases.

[pakarinen]

Soooo... I checked my Wood and Collins atlas and I think Vendelinus was mostly in shadow based on what I saw of Langrenus and the position of the terminator at the time.

I was also perplexed by a cluster of craters to the WSW of Langrenus. I now believe that was Goclenius, Magelhaens, Colombo, Cook, and Monge.