Tycho Sunset

[brianb]

Tuesday morning (Nov 10th) the rain bearing front cleared in the early hours, as forecast (!!!), leaving a transparent sky laced with intermittent cloud but with reasonably steady seeing. After it got too light to continue variable star work I turned my attention to the Moon.

The sun was just setting on Tycho, the Straight Wall, Eratosthenes and the Appinine mountain chain and Plato. Not having time to conduct a full mosaic image I decided to concentrate on these highlights.

Tycho & Clavius:

2009 Nov 10, 0810 UT.

The Straight Wall:
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2009 Nov 10, 0809 UT.

Eratosthenes and the Appenine Mountains:

2009 Nov 10, 0758 UT.

Plato:

2009 Nov 10, 0757 UT.

All images, CPC1100 prime focus, Astronomik Planet Pro 742 infra-red pass filter, Imaging Source DMK41 camera.

Lunar details: Colongitude 186.3 libration in latitude +04 deg 20 min libration in longitude +02 deg 28 min

Light Pollution: Please note that the Sun was actually above the horizon when these images were made!

[bigeye155]

Hi Brian,

Lovely lunar pics.......just goes to show that the best planetary seeing is the early hours before dawn. Keep up the good work!

David

[johnmc9929]

Those are all superb images Brian but the most interesting for me is No4 as it shows well the great square enclosure Birmingham just above Plato. It is called for Irish astronomer John Birmingham and your image shows a wealth of detail not normally seen so well. Well done on taking advantage of the early morning steady air!