Phase: Waxing Gibbous (57.9%)
Location: Home
Date: 2017-01-31
Time: 5:30 - 9:30 PM
Equipment: 8" Meade LX200
Magnification: unknown
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Transparency:
-3°C at 5:30 PM, -6°C at 8:25 PM.
Clear sky, little or no wind and no clouds throughout the session. Following the session where the Moon features were identified and logged, it was General Session - March 6, 2017.
Moonset: 2:18 AM Moonrise: 12:06 PM
Sunrise: 6:43 AM Sunset: 6:09 PM
Clavius:
A large, dark centred crater at the south end of the terminus; much smaller craters south of Clavius.
Tycho:
Didn't see the rays you see during the Full Moon or later in the Moon's cycle. It looked like a flower - Tycho was the centre with smaller craters circling it like petals.
Eratosthenes:
The Apennine Mountains in their entirety could be seen this evening. This crater was at its southern tip. Quite large with a central peak.
Plato:
Located on the NE shore of Mare Imbrium. Large, dark centre with well-lit jagged rim.
Located Mare Nubium.