The Lunar 100
This is the AAC's second, special August star party.
Charles A. Wood published a lunar list of his 100 most interesting regions, craters, basins, mountains, rilles, and domes (SKY & TELESCOPE, 2004 April, pp. 113-120). This article describes his efforts as "an attempt to provide Moon lovers with something akin to what deep-sky observers enjoy with the Messier catalog: a selection of telescopic sights to ignite interest and enhance understanding."
Our second August star party will give everyone a chance to start observing the Lunar 100. Unlike Messier objects, one cannot observe them all in one night, or even a single month!
The Lunar 100 list is available from Sky & Telescope's store as a laminated card ($4.95). The AAC is purchasing a quantity at discount (your cost $3.00). You can purchase one (as long as supplies last) at the August lunar star party or future AAC meetings.
And you may want to read (or reread) a past AAC article about Moon observing, "Magnificent, Mysterious Moon" (adapted from FIRSTLIGHT, 2002 Oct.):
Come on out at begin counting toward your lunar 100!
See what Moon will look like evening of Aug. 23 (with proper phase & librations shown).(Click image to enlarge)
Note: Moon is in Scorpius, only one degree NW of brilliant, yellow-orange Antares!
DATE: Monday Evening, 2004 August 23
TIME: 7:00 p.m. EDT to abt. Midnight
Moonrise: 2:31 p.m. EDT
Moon Transits: 7:43 p.m. EDT (only 35° altitude!)
Sunset: 8:01 p.m. EDT
Moonset: 12:53 a.m. EDT (Aug. 24)
Moon Phase: First Quarter (Aug. 23, 6:12 a.m. EDT)
Sun Elongation: 98° at 9:00 p.m. EDT
Illumination: 57 percent (abt. 8d old)
WHAT: Observing the Lunar 100
The Moon will be at First Quarter and so will set early. Also
late summer and early autumn Moons near First Quarter pass low
through the southern sky. (Don't know why, come on out and ask!)
Therefore, it will not be a late night. (We know this is a
weekday event!)
BRING: Telescopes, flashlights, chairs, Moon charts and
$3.00 (to purchase your Lunar 100 card)
No telescope? Just come!
PLACE: In front of the Powell Hall Education & Exhibition Center
(Florida Museum of Natural History)
SW 34th Street and Hull Road
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Detailed directions & maps at Powell Hall Maps
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Last Update 2004 Aug. 5