#ClairObscur visible on the #Moon this weekend: Sat 5th Apr 1pm UK time: #LunarX & V, 8:55pm: #FaceInAlbategnius, 10:40pm #NessieInPtolemaeus. Sun 6th April 3am #StarsOfAristillus, 11:40pm #PlatosHook. Mon 7th Apr 2am #EyesOfClavius

The #EyesOfClavius #ClairObscurEffect at 16:58UT 6th Feb '25. Taken from Oxfordshire, UK with a #WilliamOptics 70mm refractor, #Celestron 3x Barlow & #ASI120MC camera. Best 50% of a 1,000 frame video #LunarPhotography #LunarCraters

Pastel sketches of #LunarCrater #Clavius 6th Feb '25 at 16:58 & 19:44UT. The #EyesOfClavius looked stunning! Sketched from photos with white pastel on black paper. 2hrs 45min later the sunlight had begun to illuminate the crater floor #AstronomySketching #MoonSketching #MoonArt #SpaceArt

Last night I published my 2023 #ClairObscurEffect blog showing the times the #LunarX, #LunarV, #FaceInAlbategnius + #EyesOfClavius are visible. My accompanying You Tube video is now live as well; check it out here: https://youtu.be/eVUPQip3nb4 #LunarObserving #LightAndShade

The visibility times for popular #Lunar #ClairObscurEffects the #LunarX, #LunarV, #FaceInAlbategnius & #EyesOfClavius for 2023 have just been published on my blog page. It includes a downloadable PDF of all the info. Feel free to share! --> https://tinyurl.com/3k3mxzxz
#Moon #LightAndShade #Luna