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 of most objects indicated can be viewed here. 
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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: 11/8/11
Comments: This target was sought on numerous occasions, and I now state that it is unobservable. To wit:

1. It is located about 8 degrees on the far side of the moon. The maximum libration that can be expected is about 8 degrees.
2. It is not listed as an observable target on any published lunar atlas that I can find imprint or online.
3. A modeling done using LTVT indicates “: that the center of the crater reaches the limb visible from Earth (that is, a distance from disk center of less than 90°) only during the most extreme librations -- one instance occurring in 2003 and another expected in 2021 -- and even then the bulk of the crater is hidden from view by a largely unrelated ridge on its Earthward side.”
4. No one on Cloudy Nights has been able to locate a photograph of Giordano Bruno taken from earth.
5. None of the present NexStar Lunar Experts can report definitively seeing GB. Douglas E. Johnson comes the closest. At least two others were awards certificates in spite of openly saying they could not observe it.
6. The projections from the NightCal program indicate that there will be no librations in the region of GB of more than 2 degrees in 2012. Hence it will be unobservable for the next year.

In conclusion, I believe this object, which at best, may be viewed once every 17 years, was placed in the NexStar Lunar list in order to determine the honesty of the reported observations. In light of the above evidence, I claim my NexStar Lunar Expert Certificate.

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