THE POOR MAN'S ASTRONOMY
WEBPAGE
PHOTOGRAPHY OF THE
SKIES
HERE ARE SOME PICTURES
OF THE MOON I TOOK AROUND 1971 WITH MY CRITERION RV6 SIX INCH
NEWTONIAN REFLECTOR. TRI-X WAS THE FILM AND THE EYEPIECES WERE
INEXPENSIVE KELLNERS.
THE LARGE CRATER IN
DEEP SHADOW AT THE UPPER RIGHT IS CLAVIUS AND IS 154 MILES ACROSS.
THIS IS THE VIEW SEVEN DAYS AFTER NEW MOON.
MOVING FURTHER NORTH
(DOWN) WE ENCOUNTER THE LUNAR FEATURE KNOWN AS THE "STRAIGHT
WALL"
THIS IS THE VIEW 7 DAYS
BEFORE THE NEW MOON. IN ORDER TO SEE THE MOON AT THIS PHASE YOU MUST
STAY UP VERY LATE OR GET UP VERY EARLY. CLAVIUS IS AT THE TOP WITH
THE SUNLIGHT COMING FROM THE OTHER DIRECTION.
THIS IS THE CRATER
ERATOSTHENESE WITH A CHAIN OF FINE CRATERLETS JUST TO THE RIGHT OF
IT.
THIS IS THE NORTHERN
PART OF THE MOON A FEW DAYS AFTER FULL MOON.
THIS IS A VIEW OF THE
SOUTHERN PART OF THE MOON A FEW DAYS AFTER FULL MOON
THIS IS A CLOSEUP OF
THE CRATER PETAVIUS. NOTICE THE CLIFF RUNNING FROM THE CENTRAL PEAK
TO THE CRATER WALL. THIS VIEW IS ABOUT TWO DAYS AFTER FULL
MOON
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