…the one that You never get tired of looking at, but how come that we never get to see the flip-side of the Moon? Sure enough, the Moon rotates around its self, just as Earth does, but it takes approx. 29,5 Earth days. This mean that the same side of the Moon will always face the Earth.
Originally planned, Nasa intended to set foot on the Moon again in 2024, more than 50 years since the Moon landings of Apollo, but the new Artemis moon program has been delayed until 2026-2030. While we wait for this to happen, let’s take a trip to the Moon now and a close “flyby” of it's crater surface:)….. Our spaceship is a 8 inch telescope from Skywatcher(200PDS), fitted with a modified(Cooled) ZWO Asi 678MC One shot camera and a 2”Powermate with 4x times magnification.
The ZWO ASI 678MC has a very small sensor with a pixel size of only 2um, it delivers high- end performance as a planet camera which makes it ideal for planetary imaging. I have added a Peltier cooling system to keep the temperature low.
Approaching the Western part of the Moon(seen from Earth)
Lunar south pole with Moretus crater in the center of the image.
Motus crater lower mid in the southern part of the Moon
Lunar south pole with Moretus crater far left.
Passing the impact crater Posidonius in Mare Serenitatis, the crater is 95 Km in diameter and more than 2 km deep.
At Mare Imbrium to the north east we find the lava-crater Plato and the mountain terrain “Montes Alpes.
We leave the Moon in the south east region and head home...
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