Comment on Brought my Celestron NexStar 6SE out on a camping trip last weekend and pointed it at the moon
sinkingship@mander.xyz 10 months ago
Ah, this is probably the right community to ask.
What are those stripes leading to the crater, here in the upper left?
I’ve noticed them before, but when I try looking it up, I usually only find results for Saturn’s moon.
Beautiful picture, op!
ns1@feddit.uk 10 months ago
Not an expert but I’d guess that is Tycho crater, and the stripes are called its ray system en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_system
sinkingship@mander.xyz 10 months ago
Interesting, thank you for the reply! Learned something new today. The lines I see span over a quarter or so of the moon, so I’m not fully convinced yet. Absolute massive.