Mountains of the Moon

It seemed like the first clear night in almost two weeks, and I finally got back outside with the telescope. The moon is the dominant feature of the night sky, a bright gibbous lighting my back yard. I put the 9mm eyepiece in and concentrated on the terminator and edges. There were some nice mountainous regions with the craters well highlighted. 

Saturn was a challenge because of the moon's glare, but a got a quick view with the 9mm. The wind was just enough to make things a big shaky, but I still had a few moments of the gold ball with its rings. 

Astronomy Domine

In the interest of keeping this blog a bit more active than it is, I'm going to start posting some things about astronomy and maybe even my musical activities, such as they are.

Let's start with this great photo from Flickr user jimnista.

Groovadelic Saturn images

Space.com has a wonderful collection of images taken from the Cassini probe.

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