MAY 22ND - GASSENDI - J HERSCHEL - SCHILLER

[paulastro]

Observing with the Tecnosky 102ED F7 on evening of May 22nd. The seeing was was almost continuously scintillating, but by careful fine focusing in better moments the detail was outstanding. 

Particularly well placed on the terminator were J Herschel, Gassendi and Schiller. The three close-ups of these, below, were taken using my Samsung A40 phone with the Celestron smartphone holder through a 17.5mm Morpbeus eyepiece. They don't do justice to the eyeball views, but do show how well placed they were.

Also I've added a single frame shot of the whole disc taken with my Olympue E-M5 Mk11.

[John]

Nice stuff !

Schiller is an unusual formation, isn't it ?

 

[paulastro]

2 hours ago, John said:

Nice stuff !

Schiller is an unusual formation, isn't it ?

 

Yes it is John!  Here's a photo and description from The Cambridge Photographic Moon Atlas.

[Sunshine]

Nice images! just the other night I too was observing the moon with my 102 also, I recall studying Schiller and thinking "what the!" yes I just quoted myself. it made me wonder about

the angle a meteroite would have to strike to carve out an elliptical crater, maybe 30 degree? who knows but, it was fun to speculate.

Edited May 24, 2021 by Sunshine