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Monthly Moon column

Mare Marginis – the 'Marginal Sea'
Moonwatch – Mare Marginis
Moonwatch - Sinus Iridum, or the Bay of Rainbows
Moonwatch – Sinus Iridum
Crater Ariadaeus
Moonwatch - crater Ariadaeus
The Straight Range - NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University
Monthly Moon Column
Moonwatch - The Straight Range

This month Sir Patrick Moore looks at the Straight Range

Crater Eratosthenes. Credit: NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University
Monthly Moon Column
Moonwatch - crater Eratosthenes

This month Sir Patrick Moore looks at the crater Eratosthenes

Crater Copernicus. Credit: NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University
Monthly Moon Column
Moonwatch - crater Copernicus

This month Patrick focuses on the grand lunar crater Copernicus

Crater Stadius. Credit: NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University
Monthly Moon Column
Moonwatch - crater Stadius

Sir Patrick Moore looks at the mysterious lunar crater Stadius

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