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Lunar sketch 26 September 2023

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1 year 1 week ago #112066 by Until_then-Goodnight!
Lunar sketch 26 September 2023 was created by Until_then-Goodnight!
Hi All,

Prior to yesterday's awful weather Tuesday night was calm and clear until approximately 22:00UT. So, I set-up my f/5 250mm Newtonian Reflector on a Dobsonian base in my front garden to do a spot of observing. 

Luna was nicely positioned between a tree and a house for me to sketch it. It has been a very long time since I illustrated a lunar feature...and it shows. I struggled with the finer details of the image, but it's a record to have.

There weren't many targets to go after because the Moon was 89.2% illuminated. I had considered a couple of objects  in the Southern Highlands, but it was a crater in the Northern hemisphere that caught my attention. This crater was surrounded by what looked like a 'France' shaped wall and there were a few smaller satellite craters lying to the south east ...any guesses?

You'd be hard pressed to identify it from my sketch, so to put you of your misery I attempted to sketch 'Babbage'.

On Tuesday night it hugged the Terminator, so Pythagoras hid in the dark. To compete the sketch I used black and white chalk and kept the magnification at 208X. I spent just under an hour observing it...it's a pretty interesting formation and an area of the Lunar surface I'll revisit again. 

Thanks for taking a look, and clear skies to all,

Darren.
 

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1 year 1 week ago #112067 by Until_then-Goodnight!
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i thought the image attached to my initial post, but I didn't...sorry guys!
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1 year 1 week ago #112069 by michael_murphy
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Lovely sketch Darren, a nice 3d effect to it.

Michael.
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Thanks a million Michael...much appreciated!
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