Lunar Observing Schedule for: Falkland_Islands - Port_Stanley



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Ill is percentage illumination of the Moon


2026-Mar-02 UT 03:48-04:23 Ill=98% Aristarchus

     BAA Request: Look for colour along the edge od the SW ray 
     between Aristarchus and Herodotus. Mimimu sized telescope 
     diameter 8". Try to use a magnification of between 100 and 200x.
     Use red, blue filters to verify colour e.g. Wratten 25 and 
     Wratten 44a. Otherwise use colour imaging - but keep the 
     exposure short enough to avoid saturating Aristarchus or the SW 
     ray. Any sketches or colour images should be emailed to:
     a t c @ a b e r . a c . u k


2026-Mar-07 UT 01:01-08:28 Ill=87% Cyrillus

     BAA Request: Cyrillus. There is a small white craterlet just 
     north of the three central peaks. We are interested to receive 
     high resolution images of this in order to find out at what 
     selenographic colongitude, in the lunar evening, that it loses 
     it's white spot appearence. Please use scopes largher than 6 
     inches in diameter. 
     Please email these to: a t c @ a b e r . a c . u k


2026-Mar-07 UT 06:42-07:26 Ill=86% Geminus

     BAA Request: On 2011 Jan 21 Nigel Longshaw suspected the 
     eastern side of Geminus (on the border of the crater filled 
     shadow and the eastern illuminated rim) had a colouration to 
     it. This extended for a short distance from the floor shadow 
     into the illuminated rim width and spanned  from the north to 
     the south of the crater. For a comparison, Cleomedes was 
     checked but nothing unusual was noticed in its shadow. The 
     observer notes that Elger also saw colour here too. Its 
     probable that some natural surface colouration was observed, 
     but this needs to be checked out? Telescopes of aperture 4" 
     or larger are needed to observe this effect. If you have a 
     refractor, then try using this, otherwise a reflector will do 
     just as well. Please send any sketches, images, or visual 
     descriptions to: a t c @ a b e r . a c. u k .


2026-Mar-11 UT 03:36-09:05 Ill=50% Earthshine: sporadic meteors

     These can only be observed using low-light level cameras running at 25 frames per sec,
     or faster, and capable of recording 9th or 10th magnitude stars in real time.
     Dates/UTs of observing runs, or detections of impacts, should be emailed to:
     ALPO - email: c u d n i k @ s b c g l o b a l . n e t
     BAA - email: a t c @ a b e r . a c . u k
     UAI - email: a m . 5 4 8 5 2 @ g m a i l . c o m


2026-Mar-12 UT 04:26-09:07 Ill=41% Earthshine: sporadic meteors

     These can only be observed using low-light level cameras running at 25 frames per sec,
     or faster, and capable of recording 9th or 10th magnitude stars in real time.
     Dates/UTs of observing runs, or detections of impacts, should be emailed to:
     ALPO - email: c u d n i k @ s b c g l o b a l . n e t
     BAA - email: a t c @ a b e r . a c . u k
     UAI - email: a m . 5 4 8 5 2 @ g m a i l . c o m


2026-Mar-13 UT 05:24-09:09 Ill=31% Earthshine: sporadic meteors

     These can only be observed using low-light level cameras running at 25 frames per sec,
     or faster, and capable of recording 9th or 10th magnitude stars in real time.
     Dates/UTs of observing runs, or detections of impacts, should be emailed to:
     ALPO - email: c u d n i k @ s b c g l o b a l . n e t
     BAA - email: a t c @ a b e r . a c . u k
     UAI - email: a m . 5 4 8 5 2 @ g m a i l . c o m


2026-Mar-14 UT 06:29-09:11 Ill=22% Earthshine: sporadic meteors

     These can only be observed using low-light level cameras running at 25 frames per sec,
     or faster, and capable of recording 9th or 10th magnitude stars in real time.
     Dates/UTs of observing runs, or detections of impacts, should be emailed to:
     ALPO - email: c u d n i k @ s b c g l o b a l . n e t
     BAA - email: a t c @ a b e r . a c . u k
     UAI - email: a m . 5 4 8 5 2 @ g m a i l . c o m


2026-Mar-15 UT 07:39-09:12 Ill=15% Earthshine: sporadic meteors

     These can only be observed using low-light level cameras running at 25 frames per sec,
     or faster, and capable of recording 9th or 10th magnitude stars in real time.
     Dates/UTs of observing runs, or detections of impacts, should be emailed to:
     ALPO - email: c u d n i k @ s b c g l o b a l . n e t
     BAA - email: a t c @ a b e r . a c . u k
     UAI - email: a m . 5 4 8 5 2 @ g m a i l . c o m


2026-Mar-16 UT 08:52-09:14 Ill=8% Earthshine: sporadic meteors

     These can only be observed using low-light level cameras running at 25 frames per sec,
     or faster, and capable of recording 9th or 10th magnitude stars in real time.
     Dates/UTs of observing runs, or detections of impacts, should be emailed to:
     ALPO - email: c u d n i k @ s b c g l o b a l . n e t
     BAA - email: a t c @ a b e r . a c . u k
     UAI - email: a m . 5 4 8 5 2 @ g m a i l . c o m


2026-Mar-29 UT 23:28-00:18 Ill=90% Aristarchus

     ALPO Request: On 2013 Apr 22 Paul Zellor noticed that the two 
     closely spaced NW dark bands in Aristarchus had some (non-blue) 
     color to them. Can we confirm his observation of natural colour 
     here? Ideally you should be using a telescope of 10" aperture, or 
     larger. Please send any high resolution color images, detailed 
     sketches, or visual descriptions to: a t c @ a b e r . a c. u k .


2026-Mar-30 UT 00:50-01:49 Ill=90% Gassendi

     BAA Request: Please either observe visually with red and blue 
     filters, or image with a colour webcam, the floor of this 
     crater. On two occasiobns colour was detecred here which might 
     be natural or more likley a combination of poor seeing 
     conditions and atmospheric spectral dispersion (or chromatic 
     aberation) on a bumpy area of the floor of this crater. 
     Minimum aperture used should be 6" or 15cm. Any visual 
     descriptions, sketches, or images should be emailed to: 
     a t c @ a b e r . a c . u k


2026-Mar-31 UT 00:16-01:18 Ill=95% Cavendish_E

     BAA Request: Cavendish E - we are attempting to check out two 
     reports made on 2021 Jun 22 UT 20:44 and 2025 Sep 04 UT 20:04 
     which both said that part of the northern rim of this crater 
     was as bright as Aristarchus. Visual observation or images 
     - high resolution and/or wide angle (to compare with other 
     bright features) would be welcome. Telescopes of aperture 5", 
     or larger, should be used. Please send any images to: 
     a t c @ a b e r . a c. u k .