Messier and Messier A

[Stu]

These two were looking fantastic this evening, really good phase to illuminate them in such a way you could see the crater depth and shape well. Great views through the FS-128 at x297 with a 3.5mm XW.

[John]

One of my favourite lunar targets 😀

At high powers you can see the dark "tyre tracks" that appear to run across the floor of Messier. 

Alas too much cloud cover here this evening to observe anything 😒

[Stu]

1 minute ago, John said:

One of my favourite lunar targets 😀

At high powers you can see the dark "tyre tracks" that appear to run across the floor of Messier. 

Alas too much cloud cover here this evening to observe anything 😒

Yes, mine too John. They looked excellent tonight, as did the ray trace. Very obviously split in two but doesn’t show in the image very clearly.