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Sometimes when I see the fantastic photography being done by others with larger scopes, the thought occurs: why bother with my little scopes? The answer always lies in the results and in the discovery of new (to me) sights and re-discovery of formerly-familiar ones. Yesterday morning weather, time, and seeing allowed me to go treasure hunting on the Moon again after a long dry spell. I was delighted to find the Leibnitz mountains in profile creating a saw-toothed southern rim. Many other treasures were discovered as well, to be sent as time permits. I think I have the peaks labeled correctly with the Schröter letters and Whitaker designations in parentheses. Danny Caes corrected the spellings. Note: &quot;treasure hunting&quot; is my term for going out to observe not really knowing what to expect, as opposed to going out with a &quot;hit list&quot; of pre-determined observations. <br />
 
Sometimes when I see the fantastic photography being done by others with larger scopes, the thought occurs: why bother with my little scopes? The answer always lies in the results and in the discovery of new (to me) sights and re-discovery of formerly-familiar ones. Yesterday morning weather, time, and seeing allowed me to go treasure hunting on the Moon again after a long dry spell. I was delighted to find the Leibnitz mountains in profile creating a saw-toothed southern rim. Many other treasures were discovered as well, to be sent as time permits. I think I have the peaks labeled correctly with the Schröter letters and Whitaker designations in parentheses. Danny Caes corrected the spellings. Note: &quot;treasure hunting&quot; is my term for going out to observe not really knowing what to expect, as opposed to going out with a &quot;hit list&quot; of pre-determined observations. <br />
 
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<strong>Related Links</strong><br />
 
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Rükl plate [http://the-moon.wikispaces.com/R%C3%BCkl+73 73]<br />
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Rükl plate [https://the-moon.us/wiki/R%C3%BCkl_73 73]<br />
<em>[http://lpod.wikispaces.com/21st+Century+Atlas+of+the+Moon 21st Century Atlas]</em> chart 15.<br />
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<em>[[21st Century Atlas of the Moon|21st Century Atlas]]</em> chart 15.<br />
 
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<p><b>Yesterday's LPOD:</b> [[April 1, 2013|More Than a Bucketful]] </p>
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<p><b>Tomorrow's LPOD:</b> [[April 3, 2013|Seeing Red]] </p>
 
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Latest revision as of 08:22, 28 October 2018

Treasure Hunting

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image by Howard Eskildsen, Florida

Sometimes when I see the fantastic photography being done by others with larger scopes, the thought occurs: why bother with my little scopes? The answer always lies in the results and in the discovery of new (to me) sights and re-discovery of formerly-familiar ones. Yesterday morning weather, time, and seeing allowed me to go treasure hunting on the Moon again after a long dry spell. I was delighted to find the Leibnitz mountains in profile creating a saw-toothed southern rim. Many other treasures were discovered as well, to be sent as time permits. I think I have the peaks labeled correctly with the Schröter letters and Whitaker designations in parentheses. Danny Caes corrected the spellings. Note: "treasure hunting" is my term for going out to observe not really knowing what to expect, as opposed to going out with a "hit list" of pre-determined observations.

Howard Eskildsen

Technical Details
Am using Registax 6 for the first time per tutorial from Sky and Telescope's Sean Walker and the results are much better than I had anticipated.

Related Links
Rükl plate 73
21st Century Atlas chart 15.

Yesterday's LPOD: More Than a Bucketful

Tomorrow's LPOD: Seeing Red



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