You are not logged in. [Login] Forum Archives · Entrance · Main Index · Search · New user · Who's Online FAQ · Calendar Observing >> Lunar Observing Previous   Index   Next   Threaded   Pages: 1 Jef De Wit super member Reged: 03/06/09 Posts: 121 Loc: Hove, Belgium Lunar 100       #3423955 - 11/01/09 03:17 PM Attachment (21 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Hello lunarians I'm some years in DSO, finished the 110 Messiers, did most of the Caldwells visible in my country and working on the Herschell 400 with a 12" dobson for the moment. As you see, I like lists... So why not attacking the Lunar 100? The idea is to sketch the objects with a 7 cm refractor. I know, some objects will be almost impossible. But we will see where I strand... So what do I need? I have the (mirror-image) field map of the moon. VMA is on my computer. I recieved version "expert 3.5c 2008-05-27" on a cd-rom by the magazine Sky at Night. Will this version do the job? I didn't find a book on the Lunar 100 on the internet. I'm looking for something like the observing books of O'Meara. Does it exist? And if no, is the book of Charles A. Wood a good alternative? The whole idea came with a sketch I made some days ago. It is one of my first sketches of the moon and the first sketch that looked like something... The observing condition weren't ideal (NELM 0, caused by a lot of high clouds). Made with a Meade ETX-70 @ x87. Thanks for your kind advice. -------------------- Clear skies, Jef De Wit 7x50 bino, Meade ETX-70 & Orion Optics UK 12" Dobson "Bright skies aren't empty skies" (James Mallaney) Post Extras:       Uwe Pilz super member Reged: 05/16/08 Posts: 169 Loc: Leipzig, Germany Re: Lunar 100 [Re: Jef De Wit]       #3423976 - 11/01/09 03:33 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Again a nice sketch. A recommendation: Try to give the surroundings more detail the next time. Surroundings are not so time critical as shadows in craters. So you can make a sketch of the craters first and then add some features of the remaining area. The sketch gets more plastical, even if you add only the most incisive formations. -------------------- Uwe Pilz from Leipzig, Germany. Astronomical pages (in german, but easy to navigate) Post Extras:       Carl Kolchak professor emeritus Reged: 08/02/06 Posts: 546 Loc: Northeast, Florida Re: Lunar 100 [Re: Uwe Pilz]       #3424132 - 11/01/09 05:06 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Hi Jef You can find the Lunar 100 list (S&T), The Lunar 100 and here. peace & clear skies, -------------------- Richard H. Antares 105mm f/9.5 Elite Series Refractor AstroTelescopes 102mm f/7 Refractor Orion ShortTube 90mm f/5.6 Refractor Meade Model 300 80mm f/15 Refractor Tasco Cosmic 6TE-5 50mm f/12 Refractor Orion SkyView Pro 8" Intelliscope Orion Scenix 10x50 Binoculars Zhumell SuperGiant 20x80 binoculars NightSky Journal Post Extras:       Jef De Wit super member Reged: 03/06/09 Posts: 121 Loc: Hove, Belgium Re: Lunar 100 [Re: Carl Kolchak]       #3424972 - 11/02/09 04:27 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Uwe At the time of the sketch, I could only see Capella and Vega with the naked eye (Jupiter was behind the neighbours house)! So there were no more details visible. Even Louville was difficult to see... But because I'm a beginner in sketching the Moon, it made the scene more easily to sketch. So the bad sky was rather a positive thing. Richard Thanks for the links. Can I conclude there is no book about the Lunar 100? -------------------- Clear skies, Jef De Wit 7x50 bino, Meade ETX-70 & Orion Optics UK 12" Dobson "Bright skies aren't empty skies" (James Mallaney) Post Extras:       kraterkid Post Laureate Reged: 03/07/05 Posts: 4547 Loc: Jacumba, California Re: Lunar 100 [Re: Jef De Wit]       #3425062 - 11/02/09 07:46 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Hi Jef, Sketching the Lunar 100 is a wonderful idea for a long term project. It certainly will use everything you can muster in terms of observing skills and will test the capability of your refractor. I do believe there are some targets that may be beyond the reach of your aperture however. I think The volcanic caldera Ina is one. I'm still trying to spot it through my 12" SCT (no luck yet). There are probably just a handful of features that you wouldn't be able to resolve, so go for it. Great idea! -------------------- Rich My CN Gallery Post Extras:       desertstars Please stand by... Reged: 11/05/03 Posts: 34547 Loc: Tucson, AZ Re: Lunar 100 [Re: kraterkid]       #3427024 - 11/03/09 09:09 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Here's a planning aide for observing the Lunar 100: Observing the Lunar 100 -------------------- Tom W. Collinder's Catalog Jewels in Dark Settings Post Extras:       Pages: 1 Previous   Index   Next   Threaded   Extra information 1 registered and 0 anonymous users are browsing this forum. 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