Current Info for Observer
as of 04/19/2024 10:27 a.m.
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General Info
as of 04/19/2024 10:27 a.m.
| Type | Moon |
| Constellation | Leo |
| Orbits | Earth |
| Right ascension | 10:50:50.39 (Hours) |
| Declination | 10:40:29.2 (Deg) |
| % illuminated | 82.255 |
| Mass | 7.3477e+22 kg |
Earth's only natural satellite | |
☉ Solar Masses ⊕ Earth Masses j Jupiter Masses
zemogle (150)
Tyler (4830)
70mm Refractor
100 points
cyc66 (2891)
Celestron Omni XLT 150
0 points
Finally saw the moon through the telescope. The Grimaldi crater had tons of detail and looked very 3D. I did not expect to see so many craters.
Celestron SkyMaster 15x70 Binoculars
100 points
Got a good luck with the binoculars today, nice detail at the terminator.
mnastro (4583)
Starblast 4.5
100 points
Watched the earth's shadow slowly traverse the moon in the 4.5"
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The following form will generate a PDF finder chart suitable for printing using to locate objects in the sky with your telescope!
The Date is only really useful for solar system objects, as deep space objects move measurably only on a galactic timescale.
The larger the F.O.V (field of view), the more "zoomed out" the object will appear. It can be helpful to print several charts of the same object with different field of views.
Limiting the magnitude (remember, lower magnitude means brighter!) of stars and objects can make sure your chart is not cluttered with dim objects that you may not be visible to you anyway. The defaults are good, but try experimenting with raising and lowering the values.
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