Observation by Bill Leatherbarrow: Mountains of Eternal Light?

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Bill Leatherbarrow

Observer

Bill Leatherbarrow

Observed

2023 Feb 04 - 23:31

Uploaded

2023 Feb 10 - 12:04

Objects

The Moon

Equipment

OMC300 Mak-Cass
ASI290MM camera

Location

Sheffield

Target name

South Polar Regions

Title

Mountains of Eternal Light?

About this image

A fine view of the mountains near the Moon's south pole, despite poor seeing and gusty winds. Once described as the 'mountains of eternal light', it was for a time thought that the Sun never set on these peaks. Ewen Whitaker, a past Director of the BAA Lunar Section, demonstrated that this was not the case and his chart of the area, originally drawn in the 1950s, is reproduced in the Lunar Section Circular for February 2023. South is up in this image to facilitate comparison with Whitaker's map.

Files associated with this observation

SOUTH POLAR REGION (inverted) (130%)_2023-02-04-2331UT_col 81,6_9-U-IR-Moon_lapl5_ap619.jpg (417.6 kB)

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