Observation by David Arditti: Moon 2020 April 12

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David Arditti

Observer

David Arditti

Observed

2020 Apr 12 - 01:50

Uploaded

2020 Apr 12 - 22:56

Objects

The Moon

Equipment

100mm ED refractor
Canon EOS 350D camera
Astro-Physics 1200GTO mount

Exposure

1/200 ISO 800

Location

Edgware, Middlesex, UK

Target name

Moon

Title

Moon 2020 April 12

About this image

We have had so many clear nights recently I've had no time to process and post any images. For example, I've obtained Venus images almost every evening for the last month.

This was a very low low waning Moon taken in a single shot with a DSLR and 100ED scope. At this phase the Mare Nectaris (below the middle of the terminator) appears to be a multi-ring basin. I don't know if it is the official selenogical opinion that it is such, though.

Files associated with this observation

moon2020-04-12-DLA.jpg (242.6 kB)

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Comments

Bill Leatherbarrow, 2020 Apr 13 - 18:01 UTC

David,

Mare Nectaris is indeed the central, lava-filled part of the multi-ringed Nectaris Basin. In fact, when the lighting conditions are just right it’s possible to see what might be indications of a third inner ring buried beneath the mare lavas.

Bill

Dr Paul Leyland, 2020 Apr 14 - 07:01 UTC

It seems to me that the conditions are just right in the image above. Careful examination of the enlarged image leads me to that belief. However, I may just be deluded.

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