sooo i stand corrected a normal stand for me apparently the curved thread of light i saw suspended off the dark side of the terminator wed eve was montes jura surrounding sinus iridum and yes it was spectacular wed eve i admit i don't observe the moon frequently and that was the first time that i observed it thanks for setting me straight i don't have a lunar map and was trying to find what i saw from memory on the net when i got home i guess i got my ups and downs upended on another topic, what cactus or tumbleweed are you observing next to at vekol these days i usually just go past the ranch and pull off the road somewhere and set up thanks bill waltz ________________________________________________________________ The best thing to hit the internet in years - Juno SpeedBand! Surf the web up to FIVE TIMES FASTER! Only $14.95/ month - visit www.juno.com to sign up today! -- See message header for info on list archives or unsubscribing, and please send personal replies to the author, not the list.