Wednesday, March 02,2005

by Kameshwar Eranki


Moon Observation Report - Wednesday, March 02,2005, 22nd Day Last Quarter Moon

Time5:40 AM to 7:00 AM
LocationFremont, CA
TelescopeCelestron 8" Schmidt Cassegrain Telescope (SCT) on CG5 Equitorial Mount.
CameraCanon Digital SLR - EOS 20D, with 28mm to 105 mm lens and Quantaray Macro Telephoto Lens - 75mm to 300mm lens.
WeatherHad rained earlier. Some what Clear sky. Thin light clouds passed intermittently.

Features Observed:

Oceanus Procellarum, Mare Numbium, Mare Humorum, Mare Frigoris, Sinus Medii, Copernicus, Eratosthenes, Mare Imbrium, Sinus Iridum, Promontorium Laplace, Promontorium Heraclides, Plato, Ptolemaeus, Arzachel, Aphonsus, Tycho, Clavius, Clavius Craters, Archimeded, Autolycus, Aristillus, Kepler, Aristarchus, Montes Appenine, Mons Piton, Albategnius, Rupes Recta, Birt, Pitatus, Grimaldi, Billy, Gassendi, Mersenius, Bullialdus, Fra Mauro.

Took pictures of some of the craters and they came out ok.


Posted on sf-bay-tac Mar 18, 2005 13:43:07 PT
Converted by report.pm 1.2 Mar 18, 2005 20:59:48 PT