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My sketch of the moon same lunar day as Galileo’s sketch
Image take at eyepiece of 70mm TV Ranger while sketching on 7/14/09 Galileo’s drawing of the third quarter moon was made on December 18, 1609 according to widely accepted dates calculated by lunar scientist Ewen Whitaker. He used the solar colongitude and [...] Six-day old waxing moon The six-day waxing gibbous moon is visible for many hours in the evening – perfect for lunar observing and sketching. The time of my sketch was closer to the sixth day than the five day old moon. I had a hard time identifying craters using either lunar days! Note how much [...] |
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