21-1/2 hour moon

No photos taken, just nekkid eye observation last night - pretty neat! Per
the S&T bulletin I found it just to the right of Mercury, very close to the
horizon. I found it first in 8.5x44 binocs, then a little later with my bare
eyes right at the 21-1/2 hour old mark. The thin crescent looked all broken
up. No, it wasn't crying, it was just alternate light and darker areas. It
seemed odd that I could see the moon naked-eye, but not Mercury.

Howard Lester
somewhere in southern Arizona

"Howard Lester" wrote in message
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No photos taken, just nekkid eye observation last night - pretty neat!
Per the S&T bulletin I found it just to the right of Mercury, very close
to the horizon. I found it first in 8.5x44 binocs, then a little later
with my bare eyes right at the 21-1/2 hour old mark. The thin crescent
looked all broken up. No, it wasn't crying, it was just alternate light
and darker areas. It seemed odd that I could see the moon naked-eye, but
not Mercury.

Howard Lester
somewhere in southern Arizona


I wanted to give it a shot, but at there was quite a bit of low clouds to
the northwest where I was.

"John Nichols" wrote in message
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"Howard Lester" wrote in message
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No photos taken, just nekkid eye observation last night - pretty neat!
Per the S&T bulletin I found it just to the right of Mercury, very close
to the horizon. I found it first in 8.5x44 binocs, then a little later
with my bare eyes right at the 21-1/2 hour old mark. The thin crescent
looked all broken up. No, it wasn't crying, it was just alternate light
and darker areas. It seemed odd that I could see the moon naked-eye, but
not Mercury.

Howard Lester
somewhere in southern Arizona


I wanted to give it a shot, but at there was quite a bit of low clouds to
the northwest where I was.


Howard forewarned me to check it out last night, but there was a house and
clouds in the way.

Curses!!! Foiled again!

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No photos taken, just nekkid eye observation last night - pretty neat!
Per the S&T bulletin I found it just to the right of Mercury, very close
to the horizon. I found it first in 8.5x44 binocs, then a little later
with my bare eyes right at the 21-1/2 hour old mark. The thin crescent
looked all broken up. No, it wasn't crying, it was just alternate light
and darker areas. It seemed odd that I could see the moon naked-eye, but
not Mercury.

Howard Lester
somewhere in southern Arizona

I observed it last evening by chance. Some astro friends were over, and as
we were setting up a guy stumbled upon the Moon while scanning for Mercury.
Pretty nice view, especially the way the illumination was interrupted by
surface features.

Dennis

"Dennis Woos" wrote

I observed it last evening by chance. Some astro friends were over, and
as we were setting up a guy stumbled upon the Moon while scanning for
Mercury. Pretty nice view, especially the way the illumination was
interrupted by surface features.

Dennis, I'm just amazed you got a clear night. :-) Ahh, and to think you
saw the 19-1/2 hour moon -- pretty good!

Howard

"Howard Lester" wrote in message
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"Dennis Woos" wrote

I observed it last evening by chance. Some astro friends were over, and
as we were setting up a guy stumbled upon the Moon while scanning for
Mercury. Pretty nice view, especially the way the illumination was
interrupted by surface features.

Dennis, I'm just amazed you got a clear night. :-) Ahh, and to think
you
saw the 19-1/2 hour moon -- pretty good!

Howard,

I had a clear night, but was, alas, at a place where the horizon was a bit
too obscured. And, unfortunately, I had to be there at 9:00 PM. Oh well...

I did get to see a nice pass of the TiPS satellite from home later than
night. TiPS requires binoculars, but you can see the tether and, often, the
two satellites, so it is a pretty interesting sight.

Clear skies, Alan

Our best is 15 hours 26 minutes.

"Stan Jensen" wrote in message
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I saw one at 13 hr. 40 min old a few years ago.