I use an extension tube extender because not all of my oculars are threaded to accept filters. The filter is inserted across the inside of the extender and an...
Frank, you wrote: -An extender placed between barlow and eyepiece gives greater magnification, too. Danny: And you don't see dust-specks on the lenses?...
The VMA gives Fra Mauro Eta at 2.3 deg South 15.5 deg West. Looking at Rukl, zeta seems to be a big complex at about 4 deg South 15 deg West HTH Peter ... -- ...
Sorry, Kurt, you asked about kappa, not eta. I should get my eye-sight tested<grin> Reading from Rukl, kappa seems to be at 4 deg South 13 deg west, as...
Canopus56, Here are the coordinates for Fra Mauro Zeta and Fra Mauro Kappa (according to chart 54 of the TIMES ATLAS OF THE MOON). Fra Mauro Zeta: 4 degrees...
Hi all, On the eve after April 23 I had a similar session but shortened by thin cirrus which allowed me to grab 4 images only. Hypparcus was captured at the...
Great image Paolo! BTW; The third one of the row-of-four to the S.E. of Hipparchus (Hipparchus C) is one of the brightest craters during Full Moon. Looks very...
There's a most remarkable clair-obscur effect at Hipparchus's south-western rim when the local sunrise terminator is at 5 or 6 degrees East. It (the...
... Danny, I'm sure this is accurate enough for Kurt's purpose, but if your reading is correct, it suggests to me that the grid printed in the /Times Atlas/...
... Hello Danny. If I remember correctly, the LM map series are fron the pre-Apollo era, from the very early sixties. The International Astronomical Union had...
... Woooh ! One or two mistakes for my first post on this forum... a real newbie. ;-) First, I just realised that Danny's message is not from this morning ...
Christian, We are indeed the year 2007 now ;-) BTW; Somewhere in my not-so-recent contributions to the group, there should be a list of all the unofficial...
Hi George, congratulations! I like your image comparing the size of each full moon - looks like slightly different librations also. Bob ... From: George...
Is it only me ? How come we still don't have a good detailled lunar atlas with an up-to-date nomenclature ? Deep-sky or variable star observers had their own...
Hello Danny ! :-) I am glad to hear from you. Yes, you are rigth, we definatelly are in 2007. But when we look at the anarchy and confusion that still reign...
Part 1 of: RARE NAMES ON THE LUNAR TOPOGRAPHIC ORTOPHOTOMAPS (these names are not included on the maps of A.Rukl's Atlas Of The Moon). 38-B2: Collis...
Part 2 of: RARE NAMES ON THE LUNAR TOPOGRAPHIC ORTHOPHOTOMAPS. 61-C2: Fossae Taruntius. 61-C4: Fossae Secchi. 62-A4: James (Lick F). 62-D1, 62-D3, and 62-D4:...
Hi all, Here's imaged the whole Ariadaeus rille, an nice evidence of the collapsed ground given any detail enclosed there. Above the rille, Julius Caesar...
Adrift on the moon... Mmmm... the Times Atlas Of The Moon doesn't show all the Greek-lettered hillocks (the hillocks are depicted... most of the Greek letters...
Paolo, excellent detail and well processed. It looks to me like you have resolved a whole series of collapse pits in Rimae Boscovich also. Bob ... From: Paolo...
Wonderful photograph Paolo! Maybe we could call it "Route 66"? During the hey-days of Apollo 10 and Apollo 11, they (NASA) call'd Rima Hypatia "U.S. Highway...
Very good Paolo, this is the best view I've seen of his feature so far............. Tony ... From: Paolo R. Lazzarotti To: GLR Cc: lunar-observing Sent:...
We want all the orbital Hasselblad photographs of the moon online as HIGH-RESOLUTION KING-SIZE !!! Danny. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
... Hi Christian - Nice to meet you! If have access to a Windows-compatible PC you may be interested in downloading the "Lunar Terminator Visualization Tool"...
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