Full Moon 03-12-17

[johnfosteruk]

Lovely views of the full moon tonight. Had some visual around the limb then captured some data with the Mak. Full disk is 120 of 240 RAW frames. Close ups are 600 of 2000 video frames.

Best seen at full resolution (but you'll need some bandwidth )

Mono

RGB

Close up - who said there's no detail to be had with the full moon

Closer

[Fozzie]

Nice detail shots John... did you think liberation seemed favourable for a further peak tonight..? Can't quite recall seeing the far wall of neper quite as pronounced..

Edit... autocorrect!!!!

[johnfosteruk]

Thanks Fozzie

9 minutes ago, Fozzie said:

Can't quite recall seeing the far wall of beeper quite as pronounced..

Definitely worth a further peek whatever the libration - it's not favouring the North polar regions tonight - that's more to do with the camera being more sensitive than the eye I think. What's Beeper though?

Libration according to LTVT (white line)

 

[Fozzie]

Beeper.. hahaha just my phone playing tricks to make me look a bit thick, not that I need more help you understand, perfectly capable on my own!

[johnfosteruk]

5 minutes ago, Fozzie said:

Beeper.. hahaha just my phone playing tricks to make me look a bit thick

Thought so. I assumed that’s what you get when you type humboldtianum on your phone. 

[xtreemchaos]

great shots John, pound for pound fullmoons show the most detail mate the rest is just shadow hunting . well done. charl.

[johnfosteruk]

23 hours ago, Fozzie said:

Beeper.. hahaha just my phone playing tricks to make me look a bit thick,

At least you needed a phone to look a bit thick, I did it without assistance.

Anyhoo I've just realised you probably meant Neper, and no it wasn't particularly favourable last night. 

Here's Neper from another close up I processed yesterday but didn't share before:

and here's the same area at 8pm  as the Moon transits on 22nd May next year. Really favourable with Jansky and all it's craterlets visible behind Neper.  Just past first quarter at 49 degrees altitude so well worth a look too - it's in my diary!

 

 

[johnfosteruk]

and if you really want a challenge look for Purkyne behind Mare Smythii on the 25th - The moon transits at 22:25 at 35.1°