The Moon

• The Moon
• Lunar Occultations

See also Lunar Eclipses

Clavius and surrounding craters

Clavius and the surrounding region, Tycho is towards the bottom right. This is a small detail from a larger image.

Taken on 6^th January 2009. 130mm refractor with a 4x Powermate giving f/32. DSLR image with a 1/60 second exposure at ISO 200.

Schiller, Wargentin and Schickard

Taken on 2005 Apr 21. 130mm refractor operating at f/19. 1/13 second exposure, using the afocal method, with a Nikon 4500 Digital Camera.

The Moon as your have never seen it!

No body on earth has seen the moon like this! This is a view that a astronaut might see.

Taken on 17^th December 2005 at 22.21 UT. DSLR Camera on a 130mm refractor. 1/125 second, set at ISO 100. Image digitally projected.

Lunar Apennines and Copernicus

Taken on 2001 Nov 24. 130mm refractor, using eyepiece projection, operating at f/50. 1/2 second exposure on Fujichrome 200 slide film.

The Moon occults Regulus in October 2007

The Moon occulted the 1^st magnitude star Regulus on the morning of October 7th 2007. The image was taken just after the reappearance Regulus from behind the moon. The bright object to the right is Venus. Taken from near Banagher, Co Offaly. DSLR camera with camera lens at set at 300mm focal length. 0.5 second exposure.