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Dean Johnson
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    Hello astronomy fans! I got out for three hours last night and nailed four more Lunar II objects. Mare Austale, Craters Mersinius and Hainzel, Hainzel A&C, and Bailly.

    Mare Australe and Bailly were the most interesting. Both sit on the Moons extreme southern edge. Mare Australe covers a whopping 151,000 sq. kilometers. Either I had never seen this obscure sea before, or else hadn't paid any attention to it if I did. The Moon currently has an extreme libration that favors the southern rim. Pretty cool!

    My Lunar II target list is getting pretty thin!