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[Sky King]

Last Night's Moon, Gassendi and Plato  5-9-25

 

Eight two-minute videos, ASI183mm Pro, 8 EdgeHD, AutoStakkert and WaveSharp, and Microsoft ICE.

 

I wanted to find the Apollo 14 landing site but that didn't work out:

 

Usually I look for a region that looks like a sharp image and then after processing try to figure out what's in the picture.  

 

I was just reading the May 2021 issue of Astronomy and they had a cool article on page 24, "Apollo 14, Bouncing Back from Disaster." It gives transcripts from the mission, basically the whole story in their own words. I won't spoil the ending! 

 

Last night I thought I would go to the Apollo 14 landing site, near Fra Mauro and look for Cone Crater. How hard could it be?

 

I wasn't even close. The inverted image, vertical and horizontal, took its toll. I ended up at Archimedes. Some parts of the Moon were not giving me a clear image. And it didn't help that I missed my target. I get to try again. But LROC gives a clear marker where it is:

 

 

 

 

I used Microsoft ICE to make larger images of Gassendi and Plato.

 

 

Edited by Sky King, 11 May 2025 - 11:10 AM.

[Sky King]

Plato area:

 

 

[Sky King]

In this image of Copernicus, from 5-7-25, I actually imaged the Apollo 14 landing site. Left side, LROC and right side, Copernicus image from 5-7-25.  (This was from before I decided to try and image the Apollo 14 site, which went wrong as noted above!)  Odd coincidence. Still like to find Cone Crater.

 

 

Edited by Sky King, 12 May 2025 - 12:04 AM.