Observation by Duncan Hale-Sutton: Lunar crater Atlas

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Duncan Hale-Sutton

Observer

Duncan Hale-Sutton

Observed

2025 Jan 03 - 16:37

Uploaded

2025 Jan 07 - 17:46

Objects

The Moon

Equipment

Celestron NexStar 102 SLT
9mm Orthoscopic eyepiece
Star diagonal

Location

Neatishead, Norfolk

Target name

Lunar crater Atlas

Title

Lunar crater Atlas

About this image

My first real attempt at drawing a lunar crater at the telescope. This isn't easy! This was a 4 day old moon and the crater Atlas was just by the terminator.I was using a star diagonal and so North and South were flipped. The E and W marked are the lunar East and West.

Files associated with this observation

20250107_114419.jpg (1.4 MB)

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