Lunar X and V visible now - 21.48 8th April 2022

[Stu]

With thanks to @ScouseSpaceCadet for the heads up, thought I would pop it in here.

[ScouseSpaceCadet]

If I remember correctly there's approx another hour from now to catch these fun clair-obscur effects...

Some very dodgy mobile pics from earlier:

Edited April 8, 2022 by ScouseSpaceCadet

[Stu]

Those are great Peter, thanks very much. Which scope were you using?

Hyginus Rille is looking very good too.

[Yawning Angel]

Just 700mm and with the wrong camera (asi1600mm rather than the 178), but still clearly visible - Thanks for the heads up!

[ScouseSpaceCadet]

10 minutes ago, Stu said:

Those are great Peter, thanks very much. Which scope were you using?

Hyginus Rille is looking very good too.

The Skymax 127 Stu. It's a nice grab n go lunar telescope. As you can hopefully see in the shakey hand held snaps, there's a generous amount of detail resolved and sharp. A perfect match for the AZGTI. I'm looking forward to trying some proper lunar ap with it this summer.

 

Nice photo Angel!

[Davesellars]

Thanks for the heads-up!  I ran out with the 80ED and caught the X and V features for the first time!   Even my wife came out to take a look!

[Stu]

22 minutes ago, Davesellars said:

Thanks for the heads-up!  I ran out with the 80ED and caught the X and V features for the first time!   Even my wife came out to take a look!

Excellent! Glad you saw the heads up. They were looking good tonight 👍

[Stu]

36 minutes ago, ScouseSpaceCadet said:

The Skymax 127 Stu. It's a nice grab n go lunar telescope. As you can hopefully see in the shakey hand held snaps, there's a generous amount of detail resolved and sharp. A perfect match for the AZGTI. I'm looking forward to trying some proper lunar ap with it this summer.

 

Nice photo Angel!

Thanks Peter. Your pictures are very good. I was using my little 76mm which visually is very nice but I only just picked up Hyginus Rille in my pictures. You’ve just about caught Treisnecker Rille too, which I saw visually but no chance with the smartphone. Nice one 👍

[Davesellars]

Yep, the seeing was actually quite good.  Much better than yesterday.  It was very steady at 150x which is max that I had with the 80ED and a 4mm EP.  Some wafts of high cloud but nothing to spoil the view.  The X and V features really stood out much easier than I expected.

[Simon128D]

I just happened to be out testing my tracking platform on the 16" when I went to the moon and was astonished by the crisp view and then noticing the phase it dawned on me the X and V should be there and they just popped out. I had to get an image so setup the C11 for a quick imaging session and this is my result. 

[Stu]

Nice shots @Simon128D. Did you mean the third image to be a crop of the V? If so, I think you’ve picked the wrong area, would be good to see it.

[Simon128D]

4 hours ago, Stu said:

Nice shots @Simon128D. Did you mean the third image to be a crop of the V? If so, I think you’ve picked the wrong area, would be good to see it.

Oh sorry ha ha! I grabbed the wrong image. I'll fix that in a moment. 

 

Edited April 11, 2022 by Simon128D

[kirkster501]

Lovely  

What's the other famous illusion that depends on the illumination?  A city with a germanic kind of name I recall ???