Hello all you Budding Lunatics!
Welllll....October is here and with it comes your monthly Lunatix challenge. Remember to keep the hunt up for those Lunar Domes listed in challenge #1. They are the targets of opportunity!
Lunatix Observing Challenge #4
by Lunatic #82, Philip Sacco
Naked Eye Targets:
1. Mare Serenitatis - Sea of ........?
2. Mare Fecunditatis - Sea of ............?
3. Challenge: Sinus Aestuum - This could be tough, need sharp eyes!
Pickerings Naked Eye Challenge:
Can you see:
1) Mare Nectaris - Sea of ..........? This is a Pickerings Challenge (rated 2)
2) The area of Gessendi without optical aid? This is a rated 5 challenge....
Binocular Targets:
1. Crater Maurolycus - How many days after 1st quarter must you wait to see
this crater?
2. Crater Gassendi - What "Sea" is it near? Can you see any features in it?
3. Crater Eratosthenes - At the end of what mountain range is it found?
4. Crater Vendelinus. How old must the moon be to see this crater in sunset
lighting?
5. Challenge: Crater Aristoteles Hint: A frigid area!
Telescope Targets:
1. Vallis Schroteri - Schroter's Valley. What type of sport field/court does
the rough isolated area around V.Schroteri appear like under sunrise lighting?
2. Lacus Mortis - Lake of ...... ? Hint:Something more than a dream!
3. Palus Putredinis - Marsh of ........?
4. Challenge: Promontorium Heraclides. What naked eye feature is it part of? (Hint: What a place to see a rainbow )! For whom is this feature named
(Heraclides), and what `unusual' idea did he espouse?
5. Calculate the appropriate viewing date and time to view crater Hedervary
during lunar sunrise or sunset for best viewing. Draw this feature and a
surrounding detail.