Comment on Brought my Celestron NexStar 6SE out on a camping trip last weekend and pointed it at the moon
sinkingship@mander.xyz 3 weeks 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 3 weeks 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 3 weeks 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.