Sun and Moon

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Sun and Moon Images

In this section I report some images of the Sun and the Moon taken at the New Millennium Observatory.

Sun

Sun

Partial eclipse.The sun at mid-eclipse.

120-mm refractor f/8 with Astrosolar filter.

March 29th, 2006, 10:33 UT.

Sun

Partial eclipse

A close-up of a group of spots near the moon limb.

March 29, 2006, at 10:25 UT.

Sun

Partial eclipse

A view of the moon and sun.

29th March 2006, 10:25 UT.

Sun

To get an idea of the size of solar spots, a white disk representing our home planet at sun distance has been inserted.

5th July 2005, 14:30 UT

Sun

Many groups of solar spots were visible on the Sun surface during the first days of July 2005 as reported in this image taken on July 5 at 14:24UT with an AstroSolar filter.

Penumbral zone aroud the spots, along with structure inside the spots, and granules all over the surface of the sun are clearly visible.

5th July 2005, 14:25 UT

Sun

A wide field of view centered on a solar spot. AstroSolar filter was mounted on the telescope.

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30th April 2005, 13:31 UT

Sun

A big solar spot picture taken with a TouCam Pro II web camera applied to the main reflector of the Observatory with an AstroSolar filter.

The image was taken in black and white to increase contrast and a further Ys filter was applied to the camera.

30th April 2005, 10:10 UT

Moon

Moon

Total Eclipse of the Moon taken with the main telescope of the observatory through a focal reducer on a Nikon D70 Digital Camera.

3rd March 2007 at 23:20 UT

Moon

Another view of the region around Theophilus, Cyrillus and Catharina.

22nd September 2005, 23:05 UT

Moon

Theophilus, Cyrillus and Catharina (top), Mare Tranquillitatis (center) and Mare Serenitatis (bottom).

22nd September 2005, 23:03 UT

Moon

The region centered on Mare Serenitatis. The large crater on the right borser of the Mare is Posidonius (95km), while the two craters below the Mare anre Eudoxus (67km) and Aristoteles (87km) rispectively.

22nd September 2005, 23:00 UT

Moon

An enlarged view south of Catharina.

22nd September 2005, 22:58 UT

Moon

Theophilus (100km) has a very marked central peak, at it upper left Cyrillus (98km) and, abobve, Catharina (100km). Right of Theophilus there is Madler (28km).

22nd September 2005, 22:58 UT

Moon

The region around crater Theophilus (center), Mare Tranquillitatis (lower) and Mare Serenitatis (bottom).

22nd September 2005, 22:58 UT

Moon

A region with a lot of small craters near the South Pole. The two craters on the upper right corner are Manzinus and Mutus.

22nd September 2005, 22:55 UT

Moon

An enlarged view of the South Pole. The crater on the left, with a central peak is Moretus (114km), at its lower right There is Curtius (95km). The two craters in the lower right corner of the picture, along the sun terminator are Mutus (78km) and Manzinus (98km), and above Schomberger (85km).

22nd September 2005, 22:55 UT

Moon

The region around South Pole taken on September 22, 2005, at 22:55UT. about 5 day after full moon.

22nd September 2005, 22:55 UT

Moon

Craters below Mare Crisium: Cleomedes (126km), Burckhardt (57km) and Geminus (86km).

20th September 2005, 21:40 UT

Moon

Another picture of the moon just centered on Mare Crisium.

20th September 2005, 21:40 UT

Moon

Edymion (125km) in the shadow, while in on the upper left corner, the two large craters are Ercules (left, 69km) and Atlas (right, 87km).

20th September 2005, 21:36 UT

Moon

The region between Mare Crisium and North Pole. The Crater in the center is Edymion (125km).

20th September 2005, 21:36 UT

Moon

The region near Mare Crisium. The two craters inside the Mare are Picard (23km) and Peirce (19km). The Mare is surrounded by Promontorium Lavinium (200km long), while the dorsa inside the Mare are Dorsum Oppel (268km long) at lower left, and Dorsum Termier (90km). Along the terminator, below Mare Crisium, you can find Cleomedes (126km), Burckhardt (57km) and Geminus (86km). Rather in the dark there is Messala (124km) and, at the bottom of the picture, Edymion (125km).

20th September 2005, 21:34 UT

Moon

Along the sun terminator,from lower right: Wrottesley (57km), Snellius (83km) and, with a visible central peak, Stevinus (75km). At upper right: Rheita (70km).

20th September 2005, 21:31 UT

Moon

The region around Mare Fecunditatis, the large basin just in the center of this picture. Along the terminator, from the top, there are the same craters visible in the previous picture: Stevinus, Snellius, Wrottesley and Petavius B.

In the center of the image, on the right of Fecunditatis, there is Bilharz (43km), an attached to it, a little bit in the dark, Naonobu (35km) and Atwood (30km).

In the middle of Mare Fecunditatis there is the Dorsa Geikie (238km long), in the upper part of the Mare, there is Dorsa Mawson (132km), and, on the right, Dorsa Andrusov (160km).

20th September 2005, 21:31 UT

Moon

A view of the South pole region of the Moon two days after full moon. On the terminator, from the lower right corner there are: Petavius B (33km), just the little one in the corner), then Wrottesley (57km), Snellius (83km) and, with a visible central peak, Stevinus (75km).

20th September 2005, 21:27 UT

Moon

Upper left corner: Harpalus (39km), below it you can find Babbage (144km) and inside it, Babbage A (32km).

Hershel (156km) is the phantom crater a little bit left of the center of this image. Below the Anaximander craters and on their right Carpenter (68km). Again on the right Anaximenes (80km) and Philolaus (71km).

15th September 2005, 21:58 UT

Moon

The North Pole region of our satellite.

15th September 2005, 21:58 UT

Moon

The region around Vieta: the deepest crater near the sun terminator just above center. The crater in the lower right corner is Gassendi (110km) while the basin above it is Mare Humorum.

15th September 2005, 21:55 UT

Moon

The crates along the sun terminator on the top of this picture are Schickard, Nasmyth and Phocylides, while the deepest crater a little above the center is Vieta.

15th September 2005, 21:55 UT

Moon

Tycho (85km) is the crater with strong ejecta.

15th September 2005, 21:53 UT

Moon

Lunar region around Schickard (225km). Pay attention to the very long shadows between Nasmyth (77km) and Phocylides (114km) (the couple of crater above Schickard).

15th September 2005, 21:52 UT

Moon

The biggest crater in the center of the photo near the sun terminator is Schickard (225km). Just above it Nasmyth (77km) and Phocylides (114km).

15th September 2005, 21:52 UT

Moon

The biggest crater is Clavius (225 km), inside there are a lot of small craters. The crater near the top border is Rutherfurd (48 km). Outside Clavius, on the left the biggest crater is Blancanus (105 km).

TouCamProII webcam stacking about 1000 frames.

18th May 2005, 21:55 UT

Moon

Copernicus (93km) is one of the most amazing crater on our satellite.

The Moon was two days past first quarter.

The two small craters on the left of Copernicus are Fauth (12km) and Fauth A (10km). On the right side you can find Gay-Lussac (26 km) and Gay-Lussac A (15 km)

The picture was taken with a TouCamPro II web camera staking about 1000 frames. A wavelet transform filter was applied to get the final result.

18th April 2005, 22:06 UT

Moon

Another picture of Copernicus (93km). The crater on the right is Eratosthenes (58km), the two craters above are Reinhold (43km) and Reinhold B (26km).

20th March 2005, 01:50 UT

Moon

The region around Copernicus.

20th March 2005, 01:50 UT

Moon

The region between Plato (101km) and North Pole. The basin is Mare Frigoris.

20th March 2005, 01:46 UT

Moon

Mare Imbrium is the largest basin in this pictur.

The largest crater abome Mare Imbrium is Copernicus (93km). At its right there is Eratosthenes (58km).

Inside the Mare, the largest crater on the right is Archimedes (83km), at its right Autolycus (39km) and below it Aristillus (55km).

The two craters very similar on the left of Archimedes are Timocharis (34km) and Lambert (30km). On the bottom border of Mare Imbrium there is Plato (101km).

20th March 2005, 01:46 UT

Moon

Longomontanus (145km) is upper left, just below there are Wilhelm (107 km) and Lagalla (85km). In the lower right corner, with a very nice central peak, you can find Tycho (85 km).

20th March 2005, 01:44 UT

Moon

Crater clavius (225 km) is one of the biggest on our satellite. On the upper right border of Clavius, there is Rutherfurd (48 km), while on the lower right there is Porter (52km).

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20th March 2005, 01:44 UT

Moon

The moon was three days past first quarter.

The biggest crater in this image is Clavius (225 km) (enlarged view in the next image), the two large craters just below Clavius are Longomontanus (145 km) and Wilhelm (107 km) . At upper left of Wilhelm there is Lagalla (85 km). Right of Wilhelm, there is a very nice crater with a marked central peak: it is Tycho (85 km).

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20th March 2005, 01:44 UT