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Bailly is a lunar impact crater that is located near the south-west limb of the Moon.It was named after French astronomer Jean S. Bailly. [1] The oblique viewing angle gives the crater a foreshortened appearance, and the location near the limb can limit visibility due to libration.
It was seen on the night side of the Moon and appeared like a star of Magnitude 5 to the naked eye. [12] On October 15, 1789, J.H.Schröter observed two bright bursts of light, each one of them composed of many single, separate small sparks, appearing on the night side of the Moon near crater Plato and Mare Imbrium. [13]
A 10× pair of binoculars will magnify the Moon approximately as much as a 200mm camera lens can. The photos below were shot with a 200mm lens. The first photo was taken on 13 November 2016 at 6:20pm PST, observing the full Moon just hours before it would officially become the largest supermoon since 1948. The second photo was shot 24 hours ...
Collected by Apollo 16 from the Lunar Highlands near Descartes. This sample is currently on display at the National Museum of Natural History in Washington, DC . Descartes is a heavily worn lunar impact crater that is located in the rugged south-central highlands of the Moon .
The British Ministry of Defence receives 100s of reports each year. [11] In Brazil, pilots alone report dozens of annual sightings. [12] [13] A small portion of reported sightings have lasting cultural significance, [14] interpreted through the cultural and technological expectations of the time. [15]
The features of Ptolemaeus are highlighted when the Sun is at low angles during the first and last quarter. At full Moon the Sun is directly overhead and the crater contours become more difficult to discern. The crater has a low, irregular outer rim that is heavily worn and impacted with multiple smaller craters.
The recreation area consists of open fields and woodlots surrounding Moon Lake, a 48-acre (19 ha), spring-fed lake. [3] Moon Lake SFRA is in the Delaware and Lehigh National Heritage Corridor. [4] It is located near Pennsylvania Route 29 on the western edge of the Scranton—Wilkes-Barre—Hazleton metropolitan statistical area.
Francesco Fontana's drawing of the supposed satellite(s) of Venus.Woodcuts from Fontana's work. The fringes of light around Venus are produced by optical effects. Neith is a hypothetical natural satellite of Venus reportedly sighted by Giovanni Cassini in 1672 and by several other astronomers in following years.