Michael Hotka's
Req. #29 - Kepler Observation

Observe on Lunar Day (after New Moon): 16

Lunar Day Seen: 17

Date/Time: 11/21/2021 21:06 Local Time

Location: 1425 Snowberry Lane, Broomfield, CO

Seeing: VG

Transparency: 5

Instrument Used: 8" f/6 Newtonian Telescope

Magnification: 203x

Estimated Lunar Epoch: N/A

Actual Lunar Epoch: Copernician

Reasoning/Description: Very bright. Too bright to determine Epoch. Ray system very easy to see as well as the ejecta closer to the Kepler crater itself. Very nice view.

Sketch (click for larger image)

I sketched the original image with the idea of inverting the image to what is seen below to give a truer representation of what I actually saw. Hence, In this origina sketch, I drew the lighter parts of what I saw darker. The results below turned out real nice.


 

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