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Dr Ski
Valencia Observatory
12/06/2019
06:50 pm

Equipment Details:

Canon EOS M100, 90mm Mak-Cas
Prime focus at 150x (nice steady night!)
1/15s@ISO2000

Image Details:

Everyone gets so excited about the Lunar "X" and "V" when for at least 23 days, the Terminator provides a feast for a pareidoliac's eyes.
I present for your consideration the Lunar "N", which is nestled in the Carpatus Mts just North of Copernicus. This is only visible for a few hours around Lunar Day 9 (2 days after 1st Quarter).
In this image you can see the terraced sunlit rim of Copernicus crater as well as two of it's central peaks.
BTW, "pareidoliac" does not appear in a dictionary. Most peculiar!