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Object(s):
Moon

Description:
CCD Image of Moon showing west end of Mare Frigoris (The Sea of Cold) and crater Endymion

The large dark-floored crater towards limb is Endymion (117km). The large crater within Frigoris is Aristoteles (diam 97km), forms a pair with Euduxus to south (diam 64 km)

Date/Time:
2001-10-03   23:11 UT [2001-10-03.96597]

CCD Image:
Enhanced
11.4 x 7.6 arc min , 2.27 arc sec/pixel (original 0.892 arc sec/pixel)
#5045
File: Moon.00005045.gif (37 kb)
Subject: Moon

Exposure:
0.2 sec , 1x1 binning

Equipment:
SBIG ST-7e (ABG) CCD Camera
Meade 8" f/10 SCT telescope (LX200)
operating at f/54 (F=2068mm)
Equatorial Wedge/Permanent Pier
Setup: 8" LX200 (stopped down to 1.5") > NGF-S > 1.1/4" nose > ST-7E

Observer/Location:
David Richards
Backyard observatory [Kingcup]
(suburban site, 45m amsl, mag 4 to 4.5 skies)
Dorset, UK

Seeing:

Sky Position:

Processing:
Rough reduction, unsharp mask, resize, sharpen
Software : CCDSoft V5, PaintShop Pro 5

Related Images:

Page Links:
Moon
Moon Images (2001-10-03)


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