Was out last night with the 12-inch, but mainly wandered and gazed rather than observed. As a result I have a set of impressions rather than observations:
The Moon:
Far detached peaks at sunrise -- first flash of dawn
The grey round mass of the unlit moon: perfect grey-black sphere, closing in on a star
Mountain ridge looks like a gecko missing its tail
Dark craterlets, sinuous crater rims
Ghost craters in the shallow seas, like ripples on smooth water
Wrinkle ridges, the moon showing its age
Fans of ejecta
Mars: Syrtis Major jutting down like India
Sweeping for doubles in Aquilla:
Faint close triple, same magnitude, a triangle with equal sides
Many faint double pairs
Teal blue pair, equal, about 9th magnitude, 3" separation -- lovely pair of eyes
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