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Lunar-X and Corresponding Lunar Chart

This is a picture of the Lunar-X and corresponding Lunar Chart.
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Lunar-X - 12.23-24.2009

Lunar X on Christmas Eve, 2009
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This is a composite image sequence taken from exported Quicktime movie frames. The original movie was shot with a Philips SPC-100 Webcam and a Meade ETX 90 Maksutov Cassegrain mounted on a iOptron Qube GEM Equatorial Mount. It is real interesting to see how the terminator progresses over the "X" and towards the crater Purbach.

Click the below link for a short Flash movie that shows the seeing conditions on that 12º night.

LARGE FLASH MOVIE:
http://www.astronomy.mvobservatory.com/images/Lunar_X/Lunar-X.swf

02/27/2010 20:00
02/27/2010 23:00
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The MVAS Business meeting held at the YSU Planetarium immediately following the 8:00 Show

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