Michael Hotka's
Req. #51 - Apollo 11 Area Observation

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

Lunar Day Seen: 18

Date/Time: 11/22/2021 22:09 Local Time

Location: 1425 Snowberry Lane, Broomfield, CO

Seeing: VG

Transparency: 5

Instrument Used: 8" f/6 Newtonian Telescope

Magnification: 203x

Estimated Lunar Epoch: Area Pre-Nectarian

Actual Lunar Epoch: Pre-Nectarian

Reasoning/Description: Maria where they landed looks craterless. Ritter and Sabin older than Post Imbrian Epoch. Maybe ejecta where they landed they wanted to get samples from. Definitely looks like a safe place to land thru my telescope.

Sketch (click for larger image)

Apollo 11 Landing Site (click for larger image)


 

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