As the sky brightened further I switched to my refractor. The waning crescent at dawn offered many familiar and favourite features as noted by the annotations, with the exception of two which Randy observed on the same morning. I’m adding two new craters Deslandres and Maginus to my favourites.


Camera: Nikon Z6
Telescope: Televue 76 effective 480mm
Sensor ISO: 400
Exposure: 1/250 second at f/6.3
Processing: Registax 6 (3 of 5 stacked frames) and Adobe Photoshop CC 2020