Hey All, Happened to be out on the driveway last night testing (read as de-bugging) Mr. Tejera's new equatorial platform (a snazzy new number from Red Oak Astronomy {tm}) and was scanning the moon. (It wasn't like I could find anything else because Rick forgot to put his Telrad on his scope.) I was panning around the terminator at 92x when I came across an area I hadn't seen before. The region around Aristarchus struck me as particularly interesting. Aristarchus itself was what I could only describe as "flourescent white" in contrast with the area. Right next door is Heredotus, a slightly oblong crater whose sunlit rim highlighted it, and the small crater labeled as "N" in Rukl is visible on Heredotus' rim. The Vallis Schroteri was a long, not quite perfect arc of shadow and white, which is what caught my eye initially. North of these is Mons Heredotus, which was quite white and casting a long notable shadow along with 2 other unamed "mons" to the north of that. Montes Agricola was an impressive range of mountains forming a natural border of sorts, the South end was tall enough to cast a shadow into the terminator. Dorsa Burnet appears to meld itself into the south end of Montes Agricola, in an attempt to become an extension of this range. The floor of this area appears slightly browner than it's surrounding regions. Seeing wasn't great, about a 6 of 10, but better than it has been lately. A nice way to test out a new toy, which worked well by the way....:-) Thad Thad Robosson Double star enthusiast Member Saguaro Astronomy Club ATM group chairman Owner/operator Twin Points Observatory 33 27 N, 112 19 W Phoenix, Arizona, USA "In what was facetiously called 'the Univeristy of the Far East', the better-educated officers lectured enlisted men in history, French, and biology. Astronomy was the most popular class of all. Lying on their backs beneath the Southern Cross, the POWs followed the course of the stars and planets, bathed themselves in meteor showers, and took their minds off this world by contemplating others." From "Ghost Soldiers", an account of the Cabanatuan POW Camp during WWII,by Hampton Sides. The use of your 'delete' key is authorized... -- See message header for info on list archives or unsubscribing, and please send personal replies to the author, not the list.