When the moon is almost full there’s little point in trying to photograph anything else. So here are some moon pics. In all cases, the brightness has been slightly reduced and the contrast slightly increased to try and bring out more features.

All Taken with a Panasonis Lumix GF7 at prime focus through a Sky-Watcher Heritage-150P Flextube Virtuoso GTi telescope from my back garden in Southend. Iso 800, 640th sec exposure.

Cropped and centered on Tycho crater (the location of the “monolith” in 2001).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tycho_(lunar_crater)

I couldn’t help contrasting this with a picture from 19 May, when the moon was a little less full. You get a much nicer view of Tycho, but what really comes out a lot better is Clavius crater to the south, with its multiple daughter craters.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clavius_(crater)

Cropped and centered on Aristarchus, generally considered the brightest feature on the moon.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aristarchus_(crater)

And in the Big News today from a Faith Perspective, Happy Nearly Birthday of Guru Nanak everybody!

Guru Nanak was born, traveled and talked. Wasn’t he brilliant. He particularly believed in hearing all points of view and engaging in open debate. Hearing what others have to say is so important.

As this is Thought for the Day, this is not open for discussion.

https://mega.nz/file/t3cXTapK#23ZiKspwulrBL_8ctE6Joxir-UBxeGDpRMTxXxbGAiY