Mikes astronomy images 2026
January 2026 28th January - Moon, Sun and Jupiter. Let's start with the Moon, and an image taken at 16:15, still daylight but the sky darkening towards the East where the moon was well risen. (Image courtesy of Colette). I was using the QHY camera I use for planetary imaging, but this time with no barlow lens, so just the 1000 mm focal length. The Moon doesn't quite fit in the frame. (Click/tap to big the image) Somehow, I managed to create an image that was a bit too over-sharpened, and a bit too contrasty for my liking, but it did bring my attention to a feature I have not noticed before. The oval sea at the right of the image is the Mare Crisium. Just to the left of this is the small bright ray crater Proclus. I say small, it's 27km across so a decent hike. To the left of this there appears to be a fan like area of darkness. I thought 'that's odd', and checked out another image to see if it was ...
