About this episode

This episode discusses the Messier and Messier A craters on the moon, highlighting their location in a lesser cratered sea.

In today's image, we see the craters Messier and Messier A on the moon. These are location in one of the lesser cratered seas or Maria on the lunar surface, My podcasts are available in video form through this YouTube Channel . This Podcast is an authorized New Media Mirror Site for APOD. You can access the image and website directly at: Astronomy Picture of the Day . You can use the archive link below the image to select the photo corresponding to the date of this podcast. I welcome comments and suggestions about these podcasts. I can be reached here: wagnerastronomy@gmail.com This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License .

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