Observation by Gary Eason: Lunar South Pole

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Gary Eason

Observer

Gary Eason

Observed

2025 Jan 11 - 21:36

Uploaded

2025 Jan 13 - 14:33

Objects

The Moon

Equipment

5x TeleVue Powermate
Sky-Watcher Explorer 150P
sky-Watcher EQ-5 Pro
ZWO ASI585MC
ZWO UV/IR-cut filter

Location

Colchester UK

Target name

Lunar Southern Highlands

Title

Lunar South Pole

About this image

I think I photographed the Moon’s South Pole? When I photographed the southern highlands the other night as part of a terminator sequence, the Moon was close to maximum libration, tipped up relative to the Earth by about 6.5˚. As a result you can just make out Shackleton. The image is shown south upwards for clarity, and I have added a marker to show the South Pole. I'm sure someone can correct me if I am wrong!

1200 frames FireCapture video, best 20% stacked in ASIVideoStack, tweaked in Lightroom; label added in Photoshop.

Files associated with this observation

Moon South Pole labelled 20250111_213618_Surface_20_Sharp20_B100.0_C1.0_S1_N1FC AVS PS Gary Eason.jpg (1.5 MB)

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