Naked Eye Targets:
1. Man in the Moon
2. Mare Imbrium - What is it's English Name?
3. Crater Copernicus- Why is Copernicus easy to see?
4. Challenge: Mare Vaporum - Sea of ..........?
Now that you have gotten a little warmed up to the Lunatix challenge, I’d like to introduce you to the ‘consummate Lunatics’ hunt ... These are a selection of 12 objects selected and rated by Pickering himself. The objects range in difficulty from 1-12 (easiest to hardest). His list will be interspersed thruout the remainder of the year. Here’s your first taste of them....
Pickerings Naked Eye Challenge:
Can you see:
1) the bright areas around the Craters Kepler (rated 4), and Copernicus (rated 1)
2) Can you see the dark spot at the foot of the Apennines Mountain Range (rated 11!)?
Binocular Targets:
1. Crater Plato - Is this a young crater?
2. Montes Apenninus - What seas does this mountain range separate?
3. Crater Ptolemaeus
4. Challenge: Crater Eudoxus - What mountain range is nearby?
5. Palus Epidemiarum. What does it’s name mean?
Telescope Targets:
1. Crater Posidonius
2. Rima Posidonius
3. Crater Davy - Since 1994, what feature nearby became better known?
4. Promontorium Agarum. What does it’s name mean? What is it named after?
5. Challenge: Catena Davy... CATENA? What is a catena? (No- it’s not where a mexican buy’s a beer!)