Sunday, May 11, 2008

Lunar 100 Card Log (8,90)

-Scope: Edu-Sci 50mm refractor
-Waxing Crescent 43% full (6 days old)
-Condition Clear

8 Theophilus, Cyrillus, Catharina - Crater sequence illustrating stages
of degradation.
11 May-Very easy to spot chain of craters


90 Armstrong, Aldrin, Collins - Small craters near the Apollo 11
landing site (small craters cannot be seen)
11 May-Apollo 11 landed near Armstrong crater.
Try to spot the two craters, Ritter B & C (above Ritter), both can be
seen in a 50mm refractor if you look carefully as they are only 14km
wide.

15 May-Correction!! Apollo 11 landed nearer to Collins.
Will not be adding this item to the 100 Object List as the
small craters (3km wide!) couldn't be spotted with my
50mm scope.


Lunar 100 Card Log (7)

-Scope: Edu-Sci 50mm refractor
-Waxing Crescent 33% full (5 days old)
-Condition Partly cloudy

7 Altai Scarp - Nectaris basin rim

Thursday, May 8, 2008

Lunar 100 Card Log (10,16)

-Scope: Edu-Sci 50mm refractor
-Waxing Crescent 13% full (3 days old)
-Condition Partly cloudy

10 Mare Crisium - Mare contained in large circular basin


16 Petavius - Crater with domed and fractured floor
8 May-Can't make out the convex floor (domed) or the fractured floor
Multiple peaks sighted as well as the double rim walls