Exploring the Moon Through Binoculars and Small Telescopes (Paperback)

Informative, profusely illustrated guide to locating and identifying craters, rills, seas, mountains, other lunar features. Newly revised and updated with special section of new photos. Over 100 photos and diagrams. “Extraordinary delight awaits the amateur astronomer or teacher who opens this book.” — The Science Teacher.

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Orion Moon Filter, 13% Transmission, 1.25″

The Moon’s disk, even at partial phases, is intensely bright with reflected sunlight. The glare washes out most of the craters, rilles, and other surface details from view. Our Moon Filter reduces the glare, allowing transmission of only 13% of the reflected light. Not only will you see more surface features, but you can study them in greater comfort. The filter reduces irradiation, which is the distortion at the boundary between light and dark areas, such as along the lunar termin (more…)