Carol L
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The 24th and 25th were the first nights during this lunation that I was able to do any observations. An 8" SCT was used and as usual, all images (there will be 6 of them) were taken with a Nikon CP 4300. All are single shots because I can't stack worth a hoot.  .
On the 24th there was favorable libration near Schickard, and on the 25th there was favorable libration near Drygalski. This first image is from the 24th, and shows crater Bailly. (Wait till you see what happens to it on the following night.)
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Carol L
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Ok, here's Bailly on the 25th.. what a difference a day makes, huh? Bailly is barely recognizable, but now we can see a few craters which are normally beyond it.
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Carol L
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Going back to the 24th, we have Vallis Inghirami and Vallis Baade. Vallis Inghirami is #97 on Chuck Wood's Lunar 100.
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Carol L
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The next night (25th), another valley could be seen, namely Vallis Bouvard. I had a hard time nailing down exactly where this one ran, but was finally able to by using a number of references. Believe it or not, the most helpful one was S&T's fold-out Field Map of the Moon.
Very thoughtful of them to include the libration zones! 
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Carol L
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And here's an image showing the libration terminator of the 25th. I have close-ups of the entire limb but haven't had a chance to go through the pics yet.
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Finally, here's the Full Moon from the 25th.
Thanks for reading! 
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Carol; very nice  Im glad to see some one is getting some observing in.
Ive never heard of those two valleys, tough observing along the edge of the moon.
Here clouds scuttled constantly , wind gusted, and filmy , almost fog, like clouds filled most of the sky.
Ocassionally the holes would clear, and i shoot two or three images, seeing was terrible moon was swimming in atmosphere here.
None of my images turned out worth a shoot.
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Carol, gorgeous shots   !!!
You may be the only one of us who HASN'T photographed Comet Holmes  !
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I havent photographed holmes  
trust me I would if I could,but hey you never know.
I imagine that before it clears up enough to actually try, itll probably shrink to invisibility,this is the way of north east Ohio
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Carol,
These are all excellent images. Thank you for posting them. 
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Nice shots Carol!
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Thanks everyone, it sure felt good to see Luna again! 
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Oh, but I have! link
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very nice Carol!
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Carol L
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Thanks, John!
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Thanks everyone, it sure felt good to see Luna again!
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Oh, but I have! link
Durn, missed that one - nice early shot!!
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Carol L
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Thanks!
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