From: Mark Gaffney <markgaffney@mac.com>

Date: March 6, 2009 4:37:31 AM MST

To: Astro_IIDC@yahoogroups.com

Subject: Re: [Astro_IIDC] Rupes Recta

Very nice, Milton! You must be pleased with the detail the Grasshopper is giving. I was out trying to image the moon tonight & no sooner had I got the exposure settings right for the Flea 2 & new Antares f6.3 reducer than the moon crossed the meridian & I had to re-slew to find it. Then suddenly there were clouds in the way..! Next week is forecast as cloudy if not rainy but I might get another chance tomorrow night if I`m on my toes! Mark.

On 06/03/2009, at 8:32 PM, Milton Aupperle wrote:

Hi Folks;

I processed one more movie for tonight (sleep is for the "weak" )..

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Astro_IIDC/files/Lunar/RupesRecta_20090305_210255_MJA.jpg

Rupes Recta (great wall) and Rima Birt. 73 best fames out of 650 auto selected by Astro IIDC, 32 MAP areas.

PS:

The vertical shadow I mentioned on the rim of Fontenelle turns out to be a small crater that intersects the rim exactly where the rill / edge of a flow intersects. I found a Lunar Orbiter image which clearly shows it - bummer as I thought I'd found something new.

Milton Aupperle

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