Jul 9, 2024 · This bright, white spot can be found by following the northward arc of the craters Picard, Pierce, and Swift on the western side of Crisium.

Jan 30, 2019 · Tycho Crater is one of the most prominent craters on the Moon. It appears as a bright spot in the southern highlands with rays of bright material that stretch across much of …

Aug 14, 2018 · It’s one of the brightest spots on the Moon; it stands out spectacularly as a shiny-looking point contrasting with the much darker (and far vaster) Oceanus Procellarum. The …

A photograph made on August 26, 1898, through the équatorial coudé, shows bowl-shaped craterlet Posidonius C on the floor of crater Posidonius as a bright spot without shadow, …

Nov 14, 2016 · Visible as the bright spot amidst the dark maria, Copernicus, at 107 km in diameter, offers the greatest visual contrast of any lunar crater to human eyes.

Dec 27, 2023 · There is also a very bright spot within Schikard, which is a volcanic dome feature an likely one of the last eruptions within this crater. The second sketch shows the trio of large …

Sep 26, 2016 · Aristarchus is the brightest spot on the Moon and is so bright that Sir William Herschel mistook it for an erupting volcano.

May 31, 2017 · Analyzing data from NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, researchers have spotted bright areas on our moon which, they say, are likely being caused by frost. If they're …

According to former Sky and Telescope columnist Stephen James O’Meara, Cassini’s Bright Spot is readily visible to the unaided eye (at least for those with good eyesight) as “an intense …

A moon dog (or moondog) or mock moon, also called a paraselene [1] (plural paraselenae) in meteorology, is an atmospheric optical phenomenon that consists of a bright spot to one or …