For this evening's astronomical selections we have a waxing gibbous Moon, replete with Sinus Iridum, Gassendi, Mare Humorum and Schiller nicely contrasted on the terminator. Because there are no planets available, and because they were strategically placed in the early spring western sky, we also have Sirius, Betelgeuse, the Orion Nebula (or what of it you can see in the belly of an urban beast), and Rigel. Stars are, of course, pointlike objects that are kinda boring, but they were there, so here you are. #iphoneastrophotography #lunarphotography #mareimbrium #sinusiridum #gassendi #marehumorum #schillercrater #sirius #betelgeuse #m42 #orionnebula #rigel https://www.instagram.com/p/CbEWwkwMmPE/?utm_medium=tumblr

For this evening's astronomical selections we have a waxing gibbous Moon, replete with Sinus Iridum, Gassendi, Mare Humorum and Schiller nicely contrasted on the terminator. Because there are no planets available, and because they were strategically placed in the early spring western sky, we also have Sirius, Betelgeuse, the Orion Nebula (or what of it you can see in the belly of an urban beast), and Rigel. Stars are, of course, pointlike objects that are kinda boring, but they were there, so here you are. #iphoneastrophotography #lunarphotography #mareimbrium #sinusiridum #gassendi #marehumorum #schillercrater #sirius #betelgeuse #m42 #orionnebula #rigel https://www.instagram.com/p/CbEWr-cO-sG/?utm_medium=tumblr

More gibbous. Weird viewing, the atmosphere seemed a bit wobbly tonight. Tycho, Gassendi, Copernicus, Sinus Iridum available for your felicitation. No Jupiter, it was already set by the time I got out. #iphoneastrophotography #lunarphotography #gassendi #sinusiridum #tycho #copernicus #waxinggibbous https://www.instagram.com/p/CZ2-L8dFkTq/?utm_medium=tumblr

More gibbous. Weird viewing, the atmosphere seemed a bit wobbly tonight. Tycho, Gassendi, Copernicus, Sinus Iridum available for your felicitation. No Jupiter, it was already set by the time I got out. #iphoneastrophotography #lunarphotography #gassendi #sinusiridum #tycho #copernicus #waxinggibbous https://www.instagram.com/p/CZ2-I4Srn2k/?utm_medium=tumblr

Finally, an evening it wasn't raining heavily or I wasn't blowing snot out of various orifices. Hello, Sinus Iridum. Hello Copernicus. Hello, Tycho. Hello, Plato. #iphoneastrophotography #lunarphotography #sinusiridum #copernicus #tycho #plato #norainorsnot https://www.instagram.com/p/CRh30h7FivE/?utm_medium=tumblr

Mercury! On paper it looked like a reasonably good apparition this time, but Mercury is, er, mercurial, and for the last week it's been cloudy in the evening. Today was absolutely clear, so no worries about that. And it was higher than I thought, which is great, and it was pretty bright in the binoculars. Also the Moon, waxing gibbous, with the Montes Jura prominent against Sinus Iridum on the left side of Mare Imbrium. Finally, a random helicopter that showed up in one of my shots LOL. #mercury #moon #mareimbrium #sinusiridum #montesjura #randomhelicopter https://www.instagram.com/p/CKZ5Yb_F7wp/?igshid=eu0xhjadcsbt