Observing Report
By Michael Amato
My brother Anthony and I used a lunar map while observing the first quarter Moon. To start, we viewed some nice mares but one mare named Mare Nubium was very interesting because of a long rill running through called Rupes Recta. This is a most interesting rill to look at and we stayed on it for a while. Some of the mountain ranges we saw were the Alps Mountains, the Jush Mountains, the Haemis Mountains, and the Tenneriffe Mountains. One particular mountain we looked at was Mt. Pico. We’ve seen it before but we never knew its name. Seeing all these mountain ranges is something but knowing what the names of the mountain ranges you are seeing is something else! Seeing the crater Proclus and its lunar ray system always catches your eye, with the same being true of crater Aristarchus and its very bright lunar ray. Plato, Manilus, Menelaus and Romer were some other among many craters we enjoyed viewing. To sum it all up, observing the Moon with a lunar map is a whole new ball game!
Astronomy Links
Submitted by Ray Kaville
Amazing image from the Mars helicopter Ingenuity (from JPL):
AAP – Moon observing and imaging group:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1009891179089083/
AAPOD2:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/aapod2/
Comet Watch
https://www.facebook.com/groups/watchcomet/
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