Friday, June 6, 2025

More June Moon

There was still a lot of blue in the sky when I photographed the 10.1-d moon yesterday during early twilight.  Celestron C8, Sony A7iii, ISO 200, 1/200 s:

binned x 2

 The northern region:


 The dark oval crater left of center is Plato.  Mare Frigoris is the narrow smooth area just above Plato.  This is the location where the private Japanese spacecraft "Resilience" was attempting (but failed) to make a soft landing.

The southern region:


 

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