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Was out with a bunch of fellow geologists, who all got a kick out of looking at Saturn and the moon. Was only taking pictures with my phone, and so didn't get a good shot of Saturn, but thought this one of the moon was nice.

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[-] sinkingship@mander.xyz 10 points 1 month ago

Ah, this is probably the right community to ask.

What are those stripes leading to the crater, here in the upper left?

I've noticed them before, but when I try looking it up, I usually only find results for Saturn's moon.

Beautiful picture, op!

[-] ns1@feddit.uk 7 points 1 month ago

Not an expert but I'd guess that is Tycho crater, and the stripes are called its ray system https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_system

[-] sinkingship@mander.xyz 6 points 1 month ago

Interesting, thank you for the reply! Learned something new today. The lines I see span over a quarter or so of the moon, so I'm not fully convinced yet. Absolute massive.

[-] CCMan1701A@startrek.website 6 points 1 month ago

Looking at the moon is always fun.

Nice photo!

[-] Imhotep@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

that celestron sure is a powerful flashlight!

[-] acockworkorange@mander.xyz 3 points 1 month ago
[-] Imhotep@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

oh shit, it already started

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