Observation by Bill Leatherbarrow: The Marsh of Epidemics

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Bill Leatherbarrow

Observer

Bill Leatherbarrow

Observed

2021 Mar 24 - 21:42

Uploaded

2021 Mar 27 - 10:33

Objects

The Moon

Equipment

OMC300 Mak-Cass
ASI290MM camera
Astronomik 742nm IR filter

Location

Sheffield

Target name

Paluus Epidemiarum

Title

The Marsh of Epidemics

About this image

Palus Epidemiarum, the 'Marsh of Epidemics', is perhaps too obvious a target for the period we are all living through, but there is more to it than a particularly apt name. Apart from the splendid Ramsden rille system, you can also see a fine example of a concentric crater, Marth, just above centre in the image. The battered inverted keyhole-shaped crater on the southern edge of the Palus is named after our own Thomas Gwyn Elger, the first Director of the BAA Lunar Section.

Files associated with this observation

RAMSDEN crop_2021-03-24-2142UT_col 45,7_8-U-IR-Moon_lapl5_ap627.png (668.0 kB)

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