Tammy Plotner and Jeff Barber, Universe Today
Tonight we will continue our mountain climbing on the moon. Tonight Mara Imbrium will be fully illuminated and we will be able to see its entire form.
This sea looks like an oval without special contours surrounded by mountain ranges. Let us identify them. We will start with the plain and move east, south and west: the Alps, the Apennine Caucasus and the lunar Carpathians. A look at the entire configuration shows that it is close to being the product of a major impact. Compare Zaat with the younger Sinus Iridium surrounded by the Jurassic Mountains. It was also created, although much later, as a result of a massive impact event.
And outside the moon - let's observe a double star. Let's start our search from Al-Nath - Beta Tauri. Accent turned two fingers width east-northeast to identify the very pale 26 Origi. At low power to look at the star of magnitude 8 - which is west of the star of magnitude 5.5. The brighter star appears warm yellow in color, while the paler one appears slightly bluer. This pair shares the space together with a third friend (magnitude 11.5) - which is 3 times more distant from the main star than the second most powerful star. Due to the moonlight, it will be difficult to see the third star in the cluster.
Project 365
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