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Lunation 1018 - April/May 2005
April 24th 2005 - 15 day 8 hr
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| So low, and poor seeing ... | Moon creeping over the garage roof ... | You may well ask!! See Low Moons |
April 23rd 2005 - 14 day 4hr
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| One minute it's there ... approx 21:45 BST | And then it's off into the clouds - leaving Jupiter still clear |
April 22nd 2005 - 13 day moon
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| Oh those clouds - no let up all evening |
April 21st 2005 - 12 day Moon
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| Babbage crater | Moon and Jupiter with chimney |
April 18th 2005 - 9 day Moon
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| 8 pm BST - just before the clouds came back |
April 14th, 2005 5-day Moon
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Moon x40 for reference |
NE craters - Posidonius, Franklin, |
Cepheus, Burg, Atlas, Hercules | Mare Crisium + Fecunditatis |
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| Mare Nectar + Fecunditatis | Theophilus, Cyrillus, and Catharina | Rays from Proclus | Montes Pyrenaeus |
5 day Moon - used 20mm (x40) + x3 Barlow. Camera zoomed x3 Seeing medium, plane trails kept drifting over Cloud started to arrive around 9.30 pm BST. Moon disappeared over the roof by 10pm. Moon clearer as it grew darker but seeing remained shimmery. |
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| Pitiscus, Hommel, Vlacq in the South | Janssen and Rheita Valley | Round Macrobius and Proclus |
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| 3 day moon, no zoom, cloudy haze 12-04-05 | 4 day moon, zoom+tripod, 13-04-05 |
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