Short Lunar Imaging Session 9/9/11

I had a very short opportunity to take some pictures last night, but the clouds rolled in.  I have a feeling as fall and winter approach, the number of clear nights will decrease.  For all of the cloudy nights ahead, I have some ham radio projects planned.

The only image I got that was worth posting was one I did not too long ago, Crater Schickard & South.  This is a 2-frame mosaic.

Crater Schickard 8/12/11

It was so clear and transparent last night, and the moon was higher in the sky, I was able to get some decent pictures of the waxing gibbous moon that I have never taken before, like this area:

The largge crater is Schickard, on the western limb.  These photos of 8/12 were all taken with the green filter and the 3X barlow.  Seeing was pretty good, and the transparency was excellent.  Schickard is a big crater, measuring 233 km in diameter.  The crater walls and the floor is riddled with smaller impacts.