Monthly Meeting

A review of the evolution of the Moon and its geology so the observer can become friends with and understand the Moon as seen through a telescope.

Robert Reeves has been a devoted lunar explorer since 1958, capturing his first lunar photograph in 1959. His journey into telescopic astronomy commenced with a four-inch Criterion Dynascope, a Christmas gift received in 1960. Today, Robert Reeves harnesses the power of a Celestron C11 EdgeHD and a Sky-Watcher 180-mm Maksutov telescope for his lunar photography escapades, all conducted from his Perspective Observatory nestled in central Texas. Robert has published over 250 magazine articles and 250 newspaper columns about astronomy.  His articles have appeared in Sky and Telescope, Astronomy, Deep Sky, Deep Sky Journal, Amateur Astronomy, and The Astrograph.  In 1994 Reeves published his first book, The Superpower Space Race, followed by The Conquest of Space, co-authored with Fritz Bronner.  In 2000, Robert published Wide-Field Astrophotography, followed by Introduction to Digital Astrophophotography in 2005 and Introduction to Webcam Astrophotography in 2006. Robert’s latest book, Exploring the Moon with Robert Reeves, was released in August of 2023.