tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1074948770374068495.post6304688607667085357..comments2024-03-23T16:56:59.558+08:00Comments on UFO SIGHTINGS DAILY: Astronomer Finds Moon towers or edge of crater, Jan 2015, UFO Sighting News. Scott Waringhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18228881217160213673noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1074948770374068495.post-89633187584352861082015-02-01T04:54:19.812+08:002015-02-01T04:54:19.812+08:00What will I be able to see exactly by using an ir ...What will I be able to see exactly by using an ir with a telescope? We've got a telescope but not an ir....<br /><br />Thanks so much, love your site! :)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17494246438985527158noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1074948770374068495.post-23870573294465837302015-01-31T23:10:35.805+08:002015-01-31T23:10:35.805+08:00They do look quite eye catching in this video, but...They do look quite eye catching in this video, but in fact these "towers" are an illusion, created by some well mapped features; at other times of the month when the lighting conditions are different, their origins are more clear.<br /><br />The crater between the two tower-like features is called Cleomedes. The large smooth area over which the white arrow is superimposed at 0:19 is Mare Crisium. Between Cleomedes and Mare Crisium is some very irregular terrain, within which can be found a long and quite straight "wall". The following page shows a nice image of this area - the orientation is different (Crisium on the right of Cleomedes) and the lighting conditions are also different, but it's clearly the same area. In this image the Sun is in a different direction so we see the shadow of the wall; in the video you posted, the wall is catching the light, and we see the linear feature which can look like a tower.<br /><br />http://www.davesastro.co.uk/moon/crisium_20060401.html<br /><br />On the opposite side of the Cleomedes crater are some other, smaller craters whose walls almost overlap Cleomedes. These also catch the light to produce the other tower-like feature. you see. In the posted video, you can see glimpses of this when the seeing is steady - for example, at 0:46, the right-side tower is seen to be the edge of a crater off the right side of Cleomedes. These some nice stacked imagery of this same area (slightly different image orientation) at the following link, and this makes the crater origin very clear:<br /><br />http://beforeitsnews.com/space/2013/06/crater-cleomedes-at-terminal-telescope-images-processed-in-registax-2461992.html<br /><br />Seen at other times of the month these features look very different - part of the fascination of watching the moon throughout the month!<br /><br />NBNigeBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15718198845521827619noreply@blogger.com