Latest Pictures

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In the right-hand column is a picture of the whole Moon (at about the same phase) indicating where the feature is situated.

Pictures taken between 24th and 27th June 2008, when the Moon was around 22 days old.
All these pictures were taken after sunrise using a commercial IR-pass filter.  The libration was particularly favourable for the western libration zone.

A picture of Mare Orientale and its surrounding mountains taken at a time of particularly favourable libration.  Clicking on the thumbnail will take you to mosaics of which the thumbnail is a part.

Pictures taken on 9th June 200, when the Moon was 6.6 days old.
All these pictures were taken around the time of sunset using a commercial IR-pass filter.  The libration was particularly favourable for the eastern libration zone.

	A picture of Vallis Rheita, a deep gouge cut out of the Moon south-east of Nectaris.  The page also includes a discussion of the effects of perspective and how to determine alignments.
	A picture of the area to the north-west of Boussingault.
	A picture of the whole of the eastern libration zone.
	A new picture of the Mare Marginis.
	My first picture of the Mare Humboldtianum during a time of particularly favourable libration.

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