Has anyone seen anything while observing that they'd consider a LTP?
Twenty years ago, or so, I was looking at a waning gibbous moon and not too far from the terminator, on the unlit section, there was a slightly illuminated small area, which I can only describe as chocolate colored. I can only assume it had this color due to some odd illumination factor resulting from a reflection from the sunlit portion of the moon. As least that is the simpliest explanation I can come up with.
Has anyone else seen anything similar to what I am referring to? It didn't catch my attention enough at the time to make notes about it's position, date, time, etc.. It was only later that it puzzled me. I do recall first noting it under relatively low magnification and then upping the power to see what it was.
Twenty years ago, or so, I was looking at a waning gibbous moon and not too far from the terminator, on the unlit section, there was a slightly illuminated small area, which I can only describe as chocolate colored. I can only assume it had this color due to some odd illumination factor resulting from a reflection from the sunlit portion of the moon. As least that is the simpliest explanation I can come up with.
Has anyone else seen anything similar to what I am referring to? It didn't catch my attention enough at the time to make notes about it's position, date, time, etc.. It was only later that it puzzled me. I do recall first noting it under relatively low magnification and then upping the power to see what it was.
Darian R.