|
| Thick cloud again - for those wanting more accurate ephemeris try NASA` |
| For great moon pics see Pete Lawrence's site |
 |
Lunation 1036 - 22nd Sept to 21st Oct 2006
16th Oct 2006 -23/24 days
|
| Thick cloud again - for those wanting more accurate ephemeris try NASA` |
| For great moon pics see Pete Lawrence's site |
|
14/15th Oct 2006 -22/23 days
 |
 |
| Internal moon-alarm got me up early! Moon still in trees - waited a few minutes -pink murk lurking .. | Hazy look before the thicker cloud swallowed it up
approx. 00:00UT
|
13th Oct 2006 -22 days
 |
| Viewing from inside with the Bresser - sky reasonably clear, quick snap - Apennines still stand out - Aristillus and Autolycus getting more defined - promontories in southern Alps looked good (sorry - not up to meaningful analysis yet ;-) ) |
|
12th Oct 2006 - evening - last quarter
 |
 |
 |
| High now in ENE | Still not able to view for long - and lot of cloud about - but caught another quick fuzzy snap | Apennines were bright across to terminator |
11th/12th Oct 2006 - 19/20 days - ever changing moon
 |
 |
| 11th Oct 2150 UT | 12th Oct 0150 UT |
| Clouds around - evening terminator in south Nectar | 4 hrs on - night creeps further over Mare Nectar |
10th Oct 2006 - just 19 days
 |
 |
 |
| Heavy cloud | With occasional thin spots | But no long session with favourite Nectar |
9th Oct 2006 17 day
 |
| Clear sky - but not clear head - sod's law!!
Thin cloud, seeing very shimmery, moon close to roof |
 |
 |
 |
| Waited for Moon to clear eastern roof and trees - alt 11 az 67 - 20:30 BST | Photos hit and miss - these are 2 made from camera videos stacked with Registax after going through Virtual Dub. Messier twins here | Viewing good till Menieres hit. Craters in Cleomedes clear, as were wrinkles in Crisium |
7th Oct 2006 - cloud ..............
| NASA Science News for September 28, 2006 :When the
Harvest Moon rises on Oct. 6th, go outside. You may notice a few puzzling things. FULL
STORY at http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2006/28sep_strangemoonlight.htm?list110882 And
Space Weather News for Oct. 6, 2006 |
6th Oct 2006 - 6 hrs to full - 10 minutes to more rain!!
 |
 |
 |
5th Oct - back to normal
 |
| But the stars were on show later ... |
4th October - an actual moon! - 12 days old
 |
 |
 |
| After a day of heavy showers it was a surprise to find a moon just skirting the usual obstacles in clear sky, avoiding the clouds | 12 day Moon | Couldn't see any remains of Smart-1 on the Lacus Excellentiae ;-) see 3rd Sept |
 |
 |
 |
| Battered old J Herschel and the bright young Harpalus | Always fascinating to view the Aristarchus plateau and the winding valley (160 km long) | Fields of volcanic domes? Mysterious swirls of white! |
 |
 |
 |
| Odd shaped Schiller and two of the craters south of Schickard - just missing the filled Wargentin | Not brilliant photos but wrinkles in the lava, rilles and flooded craters showed some of the history of the southern Oceanus Procellanum | The dark, wonderfully named Marsh of Epidemics contrasts with the bright rays of young Tycho |
29th Sept - day 6??
|
| Sun near setting - taking several planets with it. 6 day moon still too low (alt 7) in the clouds in the south for me to see yet!!! |
| From SPA: SPECIAL
OCCULTATION BULLETIN By Jon Harper, Occultation Section The asteroidal occultation of a relatively bright star, HIP 18993 (SAO 111590) m (v) +5.34, by (4766) Malin will take place between 04h 41 and 04h 46 UT in the morning of Sunday, October 1st. (Don't forget to ADD I hour for local summer time!) More |
24th Sept
 |
| Young moon still very low - but at least the clouds made a dramatic sunset |
22nd Sept - day 1
|
|
| Around 17.15 - sun takes moon down in the west | Around 18.15 - any clear dark skies this lunation? |
All photos are copyright Škjcstudios and may not be used without permission
