NexStar 50 Lunar Club Observation Log

Name: Willie K. Yee, M.D.
NexStar Telescope Model: NexStar 8 SE

Eyepieces: Orion binoviewer w/ 20 mm Plossls
32 mm Plossl
12 mm Nagler type 4
6 mm AstroTech LER

All objects sketched or photographed.  Photographs can be viewed here.  Sketches forthcoming.
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Object: 1 - Albategnius... Crater
Date Observed: 11/13/10
Comments: Photo p 8

Object: 2 - Alpine Valley... Valley
Date Observed: 10/19/10
Comments: Photo 2 p 4

Object: 3 - Alps... Mtn Range
Date Observed: 10/19/10
Comments: Photo 2 p 4

Object: 4 - Rupes Altai... Fault
Date Observed: 11/13/10
Comments: Photo p 8

Object: 5 - Apennines... Mtn Range
Date Observed: 10/16/10
Comments: Sketch 3 p 2

Object: 6 - Archimedes... Crater
Date Observed: 10/16/10
Comments: Sketch 3 p 2

Object: 7 - Aristarchus... Crater
Date Observed: 10/16/10
Comments: Sketch 3 p2

Object: 8 - Bailly... Crater
Date Observed: 10/19/10
Comments: Sketch 1 p 1A; Photo p 2

Object: 9 - Billy... Crater
Date Observed: 10/22/10
Comments: Photo 1 p 7

Object: 10 - Cassini... Crater
Date Observed: 10/22/10
Comments: Photo 3 p 6

Object: 11 - Clavius... Crater
Date Observed: 11/29/10
Comments: Sketch p 4

Object: 12 - Copernicus... Crater
Date Observed: 10/19/10
Comments: Photo p 1

Object: 13 - Dionysius... Crater
Date Observed: 11/13/10
Comments: Photo p 8

Object: 14 - Euclides (Euclid)... Crater
Date Observed: 10/22/10
Comments: Photo 3 p 6

Object: 15 - Furnerius... Crater
Date Observed: 11/13/10
Comments: Photo p 8

Object: 16 - Gassendi... Crater
Date Observed: 10/22/10
Comments: Photo 4 p 6

Object: 17 - Giordano Bruno... Crater
Date Observed:
Comments:

Object: 18 - Grimaldi... Crater
Date Observed: 10/22/10
Comments: Photo 1 p 7

Object: 19 - Hainzel... Crater
Date Observed: 11/29/10
Comments: Sketch p 4

Object: 20 - Hercules... Crater
Date Observed: 11/13/10
Comments: Photo p 8

Object: 21 - John Herschel... Crater
Date Observed: 10/20/10
Comments: Photo p 8

Object: 22 - Hesiodus Sunrise Ray... Occurrence
Date Observed: 12/14/10 Lunar Day 9
Comments: Predicted 19:12. Observed at 19:41. 12 mm N4 Temp 14°F, cloudy. Moon visible through clouds. Pitatus located on terminator. Ray seemed to originate half way across Hesiod, quite narrow. Sketched. Too cold to attempt higher magnification. Photography unsuccessful (new camera).

Object: 23 - Kepler... Crater
Date Observed: 10/19/10
Comments: Photo p 1

Object: 24 - Linne... Crater
Date Observed: 10/19/10
Comments: Sketch 1A5

Object: 25 - Manilius... Crater
Date Observed: 10/19/10
Comments: Photo 1 p 4

Object: 26 - Maurolycus... Crater
Date Observed: 11/13/10
Comments: Photo p 8

Object: 27 - Menelaus... Crater
Date Observed: 10/19/10
Comments: Photo 1 p 4

Object: 28 - Messier A... Crater
Date Observed: 10/22/10
Comments: Photo 4 p 7

Object: 29 - Petavius... Crater
Date Observed: 10/13/10
Comments: Sketch 2 p 1

Object: 30 - Piccolomini... Crater
Date Observed: 11/13/10
Comments: Photo p 8

Object: 31 - Pico... Mountain
Date Observed: 10/19/10
Comments: Photos 2,4 p 4

Object: 32 - Plato... Crater
Date Observed: 10/16/10
Comments: Sketch 3 p 2

Object: 33 - Plinius (Pliny)... Crater
Date Observed: 10/19/10
Comments: Sketch 5 p 1A Photo 1 p 8 (10/21)

Object: 34 - Posidonius... Crater
Date Observed: 10/21/10
Comments: Photo 1 p 6

Object: 35 - Proclus... Crater
Date Observed: 10/13/10 Stone Mountain Farm. Day 6.
Comments: Observed with M Crisium, C Macrobius. Sketch 1 p 1
Eyepiece: 12N4

Object: 36 - Pyrenees Mountains... Mtn Range
Date Observed: 11/13/10
Comments: Photo p 8

Object: 37 - Pythagoras... Crater
Date Observed: 11/19/10
Comments: Sketch p 3A

Object: 38 - Pytheas... Crater
Date Observed: 10/19/10
Comments: Photo p 1

Object: 39 - Reiner Gamma... Discolor
Date Observed: 10/19/10
Comments: Sketch 3 p 1A 20 mm binoviewer

Object: 40 - Reinhold... Crater
Date Observed: 10/16/10
Comments: Sketch 4 p 2 Photo 2 p 6 (10/22)

Object: 41 - Rima Ariadaeus... Fault
Date Observed: 4/9/11
Comments: 12N4; SW6UWA; sketched; photo’d w/ 25 Plossl

Object: 42 - Rupes Cauchy... Fault
Date Observed: 4/7/11
Comments: Seen right on terminator. Attempt to photo unsuccessful (NexStar not tracking properly). Sketched. View confirmed in Atlas of the Lunar Terminator.

Object: 43 - Rupes Recta... Fault
Date Observed: 12/14/10 19:30 Day 3
Comments: 12 N 4 eypiece; used to locate Pitatus and Hesiodus

Object: 44 - Schiller... Crater
Date Observed: 10/19/10
Comments: Sketch 3 p 1 Photo p 3

Object: 45 - Sinus Medii... Bay
Date Observed: 10/19/10
Comments: Photo p 1

Object: 46 - Theophilus... Crater
Date Observed: 10/13/10 Stone Mountain Farm. Day 6
Comments: Observed with M Nectaris and Tranquility. Sketch 2 p 1 with C Cyrillus and Catharina
Eyepiece: 12mm Nagler type 4

Object: 47 - Timocharis... Crater
Date Observed: 10/22/10
Comments: Photo 3 p 7

Object: 48 - Tycho... Crater
Date Observed: 10/19/10
Comments: Sketch 3,4 p 1

Object: 49 - Vallis Schroteri... Valley
Date Observed: 10/19/10
Comments: Sketch 4 p 1A

Object: 50 - Wargentin... Crater
Date Observed: 10/19/10
Comments: Photo 3