Description: Observing the heavens from wherever you are
Waxing Gibbous moon projected onto focuser dustcap of a 10″ Dob.
Around here, when the skies are cool and clear and the mood strikes to get out under the stars with a telescope the call is answered, and sometimes that means ignoring the bright Moon that is lighting up the entire yard and making Magnitude 4 stars a challenge to spot.
Tonight was one of those nights and after viewing my intended subject* I turned the telescope to the Moon despite only bringing out a single low power eyepiece. Even at 33x the view was rich with detail, my favorite being a crisp view of the Alpine Valley.