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["Steve Coe" <stevecoe@xxxxxxxxx>]

Howdy;

Well, we had another clear evening in Arizona and I got very little sleep 
again.  These observations are with my 7 inch Maksutov in the backyard 
observatory in Phoenix, Az.  I rated the seeing at 6 out of 10, which allows me 
to use magnifications from 175X to 330X.

Working my way north from Aristotle:

Sheepshanks is a small, but prominent crater, the walls rise up quite a bit.

C. Mayer has a quite prominent central peak with slumped walls.

Melton is a huge crater with walls that form a broken ring, it is not 
immediately seen as a crater.  The floor of this large ruined crated shows some 
hummocks (sp) at 330X.

Nelson is also large, not nearly as large as Meton, but large.  It has a very 
smooth flow that is only broken by two small craterlets across the bottom.  

Take Care;
Steve Coe

stevecoe@xxxxxxxxx
Author:  Deep Sky Observing--The Astronomical Tourist
Saguaro Astronomy Club web site:
www.saguaroastro.org

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