2025 January 24

Craters on Moon:

1° From crater Theophilus (100km diameter) below to crater Langrenus above.

2° From bottom to top, dark titanium rich lava in the Sea of Fertility then the diamond shaped patch is the Marsh of Sleep. Small bright crater Proclus is thought to be a recent impact crater and has thrown out bright ejecta that is much lighter than the surrounding ancient weathered rock. Above is the rather hexagonal Mare Crisium.

3° From the Sinus Iridium top left through the Mare Imbrium with the Alpine Valley in the centre. (This original image is horizontal)

4° At the middle and bottom of this image, sunlight is shining on a mountain peak in the Alexander crater which lies beyond the day/night terminator.

Image credit: John Purvis

amazing video

The milky way in WA Australia

This is my first shot of Orion Nebula from home (Nice, France) on Nov 14th. Taken with C8 EdgeHD, Nikon D750, ISO6400,10s. My next step is to fine tune my mount tracking (was done in a rush), take longer exposures and stack several shots. Hopefully this week-end.

Morning mist by Esa Ylisuvanto || Website

Galaxy NGC 2775

Photo Credit: NASA - Hubble Telescope

M104 Sombrero Galaxy

Jamestown, California by Eric Houck

High definition Newly taken shots by NASA Mountain Olympus Mons on Mars, its twice as tall as Mount Everest

Milky Way at Quairading, Western Australia

Nikon d5500 - 50mm - ISO 4000 - f/2.8 - Foreground: 21 x 20 seconds - Sky: 34 x 30 seconds - iOptron SkyTracker - Hoya Red Intensifier filter