Tonight's Moon...

In terms of making it look natural Mick, how about having North up? Or do you have some Southern Hemisphere experience you'd like to share?

Deirdre: a very fine sketch indeed. Anto is right about the VMA - it's fantastic. One of the problems with Moon books is that they can sometimes emphasis completely different craters. Many of the ones you've id'd, for instance, I couldn't find off the top of my head, while others I could. There's many times I've been struck by an incredible looking crater with beautiful light-play across it, then when I've looked it up it's something small and insignificant, relatively speaking. Rukl's atlas is definitive, but cannot take the action of the terminator or libration into account, while the VMA can.

Here's a challenge: we're always told that you will never find a larger crater superimposed on a smaller crater on the Moon. It's a rule. Like all rules though there is one exception. It's on our nearside. Can you find it?

In terms of making it look natural Mick, how about having North up? Or do you have some Southern Hemisphere experience you'd like to share?

Deirdre: a very fine sketch indeed. Anto is right about the VMA - it's fantastic. One of the problems with Moon books is that they can sometimes emphasis completely different craters. Many of the ones you've id'd, for instance, I couldn't find off the top of my head, while others I could. There's many times I've been struck by an incredible looking crater with beautiful light-play across it, then when I've looked it up it's something small and insignificant, relatively speaking. Rukl's atlas is definitive, but cannot take the action of the terminator or libration into account, while the VMA can.

Here's a challenge: we're always told that you will never find a larger crater superimposed on a smaller crater on the Moon. It's a rule. Like all rules though there is one exception. It's on our nearside. Can you find it?

Thanks for the rotation coment. I knew there ws something "wrong" about the image (difference in no. of craters between hemispeheres etc) but was so caught up in the procesing that I mssed the "bigger picture", so to speak. Post above is now updated.

I mssed the "bigger picture", so to speak. Post above is now updated.

You sure?

Want to take another look? :lol:

I just downloaded the VMA and am looking forward to using it as a tool to ID the craters in my sketches. Thanks everyone for your comments.

Happy Lunatic
Deirdre

You sure?

Want to take another look? :lol:

No flies on you then! Want to take another look perhaps? Mabey the moon really is in the morning sky? Or mabey the middle photo is in the correct position but the other two are swapped?

Here's a challenge: we're always told that you will never find a larger crater superimposed on a smaller crater on the Moon. It's a rule. Like all rules though there is one exception. It's on our nearside. Can you find it?

BTW, I've been meaning to ask you, did you complete the Messier handbook yet?