Observation by Martin Lewis: Long shadows from the rim of Plato 20th ...

Uploaded by

Martin Lewis

Observer

Martin Lewis

Observed

2021 Apr 20 - 20:11

Uploaded

2021 Apr 25 - 22:29

Objects

The Moon

Equipment

444mm Dobsonian
ASI174MM plus 642nm filter

Location

St Albans, UK

Target name

Moon

Title

Long shadows from the rim of Plato 20th April 2021

About this image

A view of the long shadows cast by the rim of Plato at sunrise taken in very good conditions on 20th April. With Plato at 67miles in diameter some of those shadows are over 50 miles long.

Martin

Files associated with this observation

Moon_2021-04-20_20-11_642nm_MLe.png (689.3 kB)

Like this image

Jim Smith, Ron Arbour, Bill Leatherbarrow, Nick Hewitt, Chris Dole, Chris Hooker, Jeremy Shears, Manolo_Rodriguez, Martina McGovern, Mark Phillips, Steve Davies, Ron Johnson, Neil Webster, Eric Watkins

Comments

Jim Smith, 2021 Apr 25 - 22:39 UTC

Lovely shot. Very atmospheric.

Ron Arbour, 2021 Apr 25 - 23:48 UTC

A truly superb image.

Nick Hewitt, 2021 Apr 26 - 09:06 UTC

I presume that you were in orbit when you took this picture!

Martin Lewis, 2021 Apr 26 - 09:32 UTC

Thanks for all the nice comments. This was just a quick process. I have a lot more data taken on this great evening of this region, so hoping to pull out even more detail with more processing.
Martin

Bill Leatherbarrow, 2021 Apr 26 - 10:34 UTC

I would like to feature some of your work in the Lunar Section Circular. If you agree, would you mind sending any examples you favour directly to me? It’s great to see you doing some lunar imaging!

Martina McGovern, 2021 Apr 27 - 14:22 UTC

Amazing image Martin - well done.

Copyright of all images and other observations submitted to the BAA remains with the owner of the work. Reproduction of work by third parties is expressly forbidden without the consent of the copyright holder. By submitting images to this online gallery, you grant the BAA permission to reproduce them in any of our publications.

Registered charity no. 210769
Registered company no. 117572

For more information including contact details, click here.

Our Terms of Use are here.

Our Privacy Policy is here.