Tonight, I had a great time with my old pal, my 4" TV-102 Light Cup viewing the 6-day old Moon. Upon stumbling onto Crater Capella, I immediately noted that with its central "conical peak", it looks so
close in semblance to the famous crater, Alpetragius, which also has conical central peak! Tonight best power was at 146x through my 6mm Radian, though I had a brief moment that I could play with my 2-4mm Nagler zoom @2mm (440x ;-) that felt so close to have a lick at the vanilla color and flavor ;-) cone clone.
I consulted the Modern Moon book and indeed Dr. Wood did notice the similarity between the two craters. So glad I got the impression right. Here are a couple of pictures that gave a very close picture
of what I saw tonight.
http://www.astrosurf.com/cidadao/crater_alpetragius_01.jpg
http://www.astrosurf.com/cidadao/crater_capella_01.jpg
Why not have a look and let me know if you think Capella is a clone of Alpetragius? If not, you may have to wait for the next lunar cycle to get the light angle just right.
Ron B[ee]
close in semblance to the famous crater, Alpetragius, which also has conical central peak! Tonight best power was at 146x through my 6mm Radian, though I had a brief moment that I could play with my 2-4mm Nagler zoom @2mm (440x ;-) that felt so close to have a lick at the vanilla color and flavor ;-) cone clone.
I consulted the Modern Moon book and indeed Dr. Wood did notice the similarity between the two craters. So glad I got the impression right. Here are a couple of pictures that gave a very close picture
of what I saw tonight.
http://www.astrosurf.com/cidadao/crater_alpetragius_01.jpg
http://www.astrosurf.com/cidadao/crater_capella_01.jpg
Why not have a look and let me know if you think Capella is a clone of Alpetragius? If not, you may have to wait for the next lunar cycle to get the light angle just right.
Ron B[ee]
