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Lunar Ray Alert

Started by Dave Mitsky, 02/17/2005 02:29AM
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Posted 02/17/2005 02:29AM | Edited 02/17/2005 02:38AM Opening Post
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The sunrise lunar light ray in the crater Maginus has been underway for over an hour. This is a very prominent lunar ray and can easily be seen in a small telescope.

See http://dvaa.org/php/mpix.php?p=Dave_Mitsky&i=MaginusRay for a photograph of the Maginus Ray that I took several years ago

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Posted 02/18/2005 09:41AM #1
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For information on lunar light rays see http://www.lunar-occultations.com/rlo/rays/rays.htm

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