[APML] Old friend on the Moon

[Robert Reeves <reeves10@swbell.net>]

Greetings list,

I just got caught up on some moon shots I took last Friday night.  It was
unseasonably clear and calm when we got back home, so I rolled out my C8 and
took a peek at the moon.  It was virtually motionless, like a rock.  None of
the usual shaking jello in the eyepiece that is common in this part of
Texas.  I grabbed our Olympus digital and did some more handheld at the
eyepiece stuff through an 18mm and 25mm Brandon.  I am particularly tickeled
that I got the Marius Hills just along the terminator.  These features
always elluded me back in the old days when I used to do a lot of lunar
photography.

Here is Schroter's Valley and the Maius Hills through a 25mm.  At a quick
glance, you can see over 50 volcanic domes in the Marius Hills area.
www.robertreeves.com/marius.jpg

A closser look at Schroter's Valley with an 18mm.  This feature is among my
favorite areas on the Moon.
www.robertreeves.com/schroter.jpg

A look at the rill structures around Mare Humorum and Gassendi with an 18mm
www.robertreeves.com/gassendi.jpg

And finally, sunrise in the area around Wargentin.  It was getting close to
midnight here and it was cold.  I was starting to shiver, so the handheld
shot is slightly smeared.  But it still blows away what I used to do with
120 format Panatomic-X and an 8-inch Clark refractor back in the mid-1960s.
www.robertreeves.com/wargen.jpg

Getting back to lunar photography really brings back memories of the fun I
had when I first got started in astrophotography 40 years ago.

Robert Reeves                      reeves10@swbell.net
520 Rittiman Rd.                   www.robertreeves.com
San Antonio, Texas 78209    210-828-9036
USA                                     29.484  98.440  200 meters



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