The week of June 3-9 takes us from Day 26 to Day 3. This week we will highlight the moon crater Langrenus, viewable close to the terminator on Sunday evening, June 9, Day 3 and located in the SE quadrant of the Field Map at K16.
Langrenus and Vendelinus are two large 90-mi. moon craters located on the southeast shore of Fertility. One is considerably older than the other and appeared before the lava flows started.
OF ADDITIONAL INTEREST IN SPACE
On Tuesday, Mercury is 0.1° south of Jupiter (use binocs and/or telescopes).
Field Map of the Moon, the very finest Moon map available for use at the telescope. It is available for $10.95 at www.skyandtelescope.com and on Amazon. All features mentioned in this blog will be keyed to the grid on the Field Map and will look like this: Plato: [NW/D9]
Credits:
Courtesy of Gray Photography of Corpus Christi, Texas
Lunar photos: NASA / USGS / BMDO / LROC / ASU / DLR / LOLA / Moon Globe. Used by permission
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