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Luna: straight wall, faults and craters


Fraunhoffer

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I've not seen the sky so clear and still for some time. 8 and 5mm on the c8 provided magnificent views of the lunar surface and I was spoilt for choice of interesting things to look at with so much detail visible.

The straight wall appeared like a sharp edge to the terminator when I started so I looked at other things whilst waiting for the sun to rise. 

The Rima Ariadaeus rille was nicely lit along its whole length. It's huge, and runs over s small range of hills at one point which I guess must have been formed later.

Then I stepped over to the area around Archimedes which is rich in fault and shrinkage features. My. Piton was huge and cast a massive Shadow.

The sun had now risen over the straight wall and the shadow cast by the linear 250m drop was very clear.  The crater Birt has a smaller crater in its run which allowed a beam of light to shine through and illuminate the opposite wall. Awesome.

As the moon was beginning to set I went on to see some lovely double stars. A very enjoyable evening.

 

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