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<em>[http://lpod.wikispaces.com/21st+Century+Atlas+of+the+Moon 21st Century Atlas]</em> chart 28 &amp; L7.<br />
 
<em>[http://lpod.wikispaces.com/21st+Century+Atlas+of+the+Moon 21st Century Atlas]</em> chart 28 &amp; L7.<br />
 
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<p><b>Yesterday's LPOD:</b> [[October 2, 2013|Planning a Trip]] </p>
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<p><b>Tomorrow's LPOD:</b> [[October 4, 2013|Raising the Bar]] </p>
 
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Revision as of 12:58, 7 February 2015

Part of an Unseeable Universe

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image by Howard Eskildsen

Few people see this part of the Moon at this phase. It requires getting up before dawn and having a clear view towards the eastern horizon. As I get older I've found that getting up before dawn has gone from being nearly impossible to almost unstoppable (whether I want to or not). But I live on the western side of a north-south running Main St. in a small town with facing buildings and hills totally blocking the lower 25°-30° to the east. To see that sky requires not just lugging a telescope from the back yard to a front sidewalk but getting in car and driving somewhere. Thus, that time & place of the universe remains unaccessible to me. So I appreciate Howard's image and hope you do too. (I assume everyone can identify at least one crater here - its almost unfamiliar terrain and not easy.)

Chuck Wood
Sorry for the delay - I completed this last night but forgot to post it!

Related Links
21st Century Atlas chart 28 & L7.

Yesterday's LPOD: Planning a Trip

Tomorrow's LPOD: Raising the Bar