Observation by Alan Snook: Clair-Obscur shadow effect in Montes Cau...

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Alan Snook

Observer

Alan Snook

Observed

2026 Feb 24 - 19:32

Uploaded

2026 Feb 26 - 14:43

Objects

The Moon

Equipment

Altair Astro 130EDT refractor, ZWO ASI662MC, UVIRBlock.

Exposure

2ms x 5,000 frames

Location

Kent, UK

Target name

Montes Caucasus,

Title

Clair-Obscur shadow effect in Montes Caucasus

About this image

Colongitude is 4.2 degrees. Zoom in on the shadow at the southern (bottom) end of the Caucasus. Could that be the silhouette of Richard Milhous Nixon, I wonder? For scale, the crater Cassini A, the larger of the two craters inside the flooded crater Cassini, is 17km diameter.

Files associated with this observation

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Alan Thomas, Dominic Ford, David Basey, Geof Lewis

Comments

Alan Thomas, 2026 Feb 26 - 15:54 UTC

Yes, it could well be Tricky Dickie!

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