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Description:
CCD Image of Moon showing dark-filled crater Plato (diam 97m) on the north edge of Mare Imbrium.

To the north lies Mare Frigoris (The Sea of Cold). The bright ray crater towards northern limb is Anaxagoras (diam 52km)

Date/Time:
2001-10-03   23:12 UT [2001-10-03.96667]

CCD Image:
Enhanced
11.4 x 7.6 arc min , 2.27 arc sec/pixel (original 0.892 arc sec/pixel)
#5046
File: Moon.00005046.gif (36 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 > F/6.3 reducer > 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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