Dust shells in the coma of C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan-ATLAS (17 Oct)

Giant craters Petavius (lower right) and Humboldt near the limb. 3 Feb 2025.

The 'lunar hedgehog' Mare Crisium, processed to show more contrast across the dark lave surface. 3-pane mosaic from 3 Feb.

Libration sea Mare Humboldtianum right on the lunar limb.

Lunar dawn arrives at the Apennine mountains (Montes Apenninus), 5 Feb 2025. Fortunately I caught the autocorrect which suggested they were the Pennines! 😂

100km Plato showing impressive rim shadows cast on its floor. The largest is from what's known as the gamma peak. Observations in the past have suggested the shadowis curved. This became known as Plato's Hook. Controversy still surrounds the curvature.

Another clair-obscur effect from last night, the 'Eyes of Clavius'. This happens then the lunar dawn hits the rim edges of 21km Clavius C and 28km Clavius D, both craters located inside the walled plain of 225km Clavius.

The Ray of Hesiodus is an effect caused by the dawn lunar light streaming through a gap in the co-joining rim wall the Pitatus. Imagine the view from the far side of Hesiodus as sunlight first appears. Why am I thinking of sneaky UFOs? 😂

Jupiter on 5 Feb 2025. 15 mins de-rotated. NTB outbreak visible as the bright patch just left of centre on the northern edge oh the NEB.

Rupes Recta, the Straight Wall. Despite its dramatic appearance, the slope is estimated to be a gentle 10-25 degrees.

An unusual view of Theophilus, Cyrillus and Catherina. LRO data used for elevation mapping combined with my image of the region from 3 Feb.

There are two eclipses visible from the UK in March 2025, the first is a total lunar eclipse which occurs on the morning of 14 March. However, the UK gets a challenging view of this event, totality reached just before moonset.

A quick guide to March's total lunar eclipse... youtu.be/Ju6j9AXKQYI?fe…

Burst of auroral activity seen on last night's Northern Lights flight operaing out of Birmingham International Airport.

Sleep deprived eclipse!

youtu.be/GpYKdvnWB3o?fe… partial solar eclipse time-lapse courtesy of a Seestar S30.

A lot of occultations this evening!

Receding partial phase of last night's total lunar eclipse. Always going to be a tricky one from the UK, especially with lots of cloud around. But there were gaps. This is from Thornton Reservoir in Leicestershire.