Brought my Celestron NexStar 6SE out on a camping trip last weekend and pointed it at the moon
from thrawn21@lemmy.world to astronomy@mander.xyz on 25 Oct 02:20
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Was out with a bunch of fellow geologists, who all got a kick out of looking at Saturn and the moon. Was only taking pictures with my phone, and so didn’t get a good shot of Saturn, but thought this one of the moon was nice.

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CCMan1701A@startrek.website on 25 Oct 05:16 next collapse

Looking at the moon is always fun.

threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works on 25 Oct 05:21 next collapse

Nice photo!

Imhotep@lemmy.world on 25 Oct 07:00 next collapse

that celestron sure is a powerful flashlight!

[deleted] on 26 Oct 21:48 next collapse

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acockworkorange@mander.xyz on 26 Oct 21:48 collapse

Daaaaaad

Imhotep@lemmy.world on 27 Oct 12:17 collapse

oh shit, it already started

sinkingship@mander.xyz on 25 Oct 07:18 collapse

Ah, this is probably the right community to ask.

What are those stripes leading to the crater, here in the upper left?

I’ve noticed them before, but when I try looking it up, I usually only find results for Saturn’s moon.

Beautiful picture, op!

ns1@feddit.uk on 25 Oct 10:03 collapse

Not an expert but I’d guess that is Tycho crater, and the stripes are called its ray system en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_system

sinkingship@mander.xyz on 25 Oct 13:34 collapse

Interesting, thank you for the reply! Learned something new today. The lines I see span over a quarter or so of the moon, so I’m not fully convinced yet. Absolute massive.