Monthly Archives: December 2023

Tycho Crater, taken yesterday evening with my 8” reflector telescope is situated on the moons southern lunar highlands and was formed over a hundred million years ago when an asteroid impacted on the moons surface.

The material ejected during the impact event, are still visible as bright streaks forming beautiful rays emanating from the crater.

A Christmas Eve clear sky and i couldn’t resist another attempt at the planet Jupiter and this time, the transit of Jupiter’s moon Io is clearly visible along with its shadow hitting the upper atmosphere of the giant planet. I certainly wasn’t expecting that!