Michael Hotka's
Req. #35 - Meton Observation

Observe on Lunar Day (after New Moon): 5 or 18

Lunar Day Seen: 18

Date/Time: 11/22/2021 21:56 Local Time

Location: 1425 Snowberry Lane, Broomfield, CO

Seeing: VG

Transparency: 5

Instrument Used: 8" f/6 Newtonian Telescope

Magnification: 203x

Estimated Lunar Epoch: Pre-Nectarian

Actual Lunar Epoch: Pre-Nectarian

Reasoning/Description: Very old looking. All I see are a bit of the crater walls sticking above lava filled in floor. At edge of moon and near terminator. Nice shadowing to help see it. I enlarged my drawing a bit. Crater walls broken and not a complete ring.

Sketch (click for larger image)


 

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