Observation 351
Tycho, Lunar Feature
| Session: | Looking over the lunar landscape |
| Location: | Franklin Street, Paducah, KY |
| Seeing: | 6 out of 10 |
| Limit Mag: | 4.5 |
| Weather: | Occasional steady images [45°F], light breeze |
Thursday February 21, 2002 02:36 UT
In the 114mm reflector at 121x with the 7.5 mm eyepiece, Tycho appears as a circular shaped crater with very high, terraced, and well defined walls. The center of the crater contains a very high mountain that casts a shadow nearly to the western crater wall.
