South polar image by Tom Bash uploaded

[Jim Mosher]

I have posted, with permission, an excellent photo of the Moon's south
pole taken by Tom Bash, and originally mentioned at:

http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/lunar-observing/message/24244

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File name of posted image: TBash_200902010355.jpg
Name of observer: Tom Bash
Email address of observer: see above message
Aperture of telescope: 235 mm SCT @ f/10
Focal length of telescope: see preceding
Type of camera used: Infinity 2-1M, Red filter
Camera detector dimensions: unknown
Exposure information: unknown
Time and date of exposure: 2009 Feb 01 at 03:55 UT
Location from which exposure was taken: Mira Mesa, CA

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Link to image: http://lcross_observation.googlegroups.com/web/TBash_200902010355.jpg?hl=en&gsc=9VCwSBYAAAAun9fARs7wwrtnVHOvIATQg-kXU5InE09W2o0GCSVgCQ

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Further details:

The attachment is a cropped view of the south polar area, rotated 155
deg clockwise. The arrows point to the extreme left and right points
on the rims of Faustini and Shackleton. The large elliptical
foreground crater in the lower left (of the attachment) is
Schomberger. The massive peak between Schomberger and Faustini is
part of what Ewen Whitaker designated Leibnitz Beta (the remainder is
in shadow). Amundsen is the large, complex crater between the limb
and Leibnitz Beta (to its upper left). The thin trough of shadow
between Amundsen and Leibnitz Beta is designated Nobile by the IAU.
The remaining large shadowed area to the left of Leibnitz Beta is
Scott.

This photo was taken with a strong westerly libration. When the
longitudinal libration is in the other direction, Faustini will appear
somewhat more behind Leibnitz Beta, although never directly behind the
part in sunlight here.

-- Jim Mosher

[Jim Mosher]

I have posted, with permission, a companion photo to that of the
Moon's south pole by Tom Bash previously mentioned at:

http://groups.google.com/group/lcross_observation/msg/3c8172f6db424b7d

The current photo is nearly identical, but taken in the near infrared
as explained by Tom at:

http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/lunar-observing/message/24259


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File name of posted image: TBash_200902010357.jpg

Name of observer: Tom Bash
Email address of observer: see above message
Aperture of telescope: 235 mm SCT @ f/10
Focal length of telescope: see preceding

Type of camera used: Infinity 2-1M, Near-IR filter
Camera detector dimensions: unknown
Exposure information: 0.025 second exposures, best 100 of 700 frames
Time and date of exposure: 2009 Feb 01 at 03:57 UT

Location from which exposure was taken: Mira Mesa, CA

Link to image:
http://lcross_observation.googlegroups.com/web/TBash_200902010357.jpg?gda=tOpzckgAAAC-YD7ZnWSsD7fdkYOhVu0XX3MgD3ZMqTPMghUKBoJU9E1jmJANzVr65COCbNULELsl7L0n4r1OlWc0FWonxWPiGjVgdwNi-BwrUzBGT2hOzg&gsc=V5guURYAAAASs22nidts1nvMOCICzPrAg-kXU5InE09W2o0GCSVgCQ


-- Jim Mosher