Object(s): Moon | ||
Description: CCD Image of Moon showing Mare Nubrium (The Sea of Clouds), Sinus Medii (The Central Bay), Sinus Aestuum (The Bay of Heats), and Mare Vaporum (The Sea of Vapours). Crater Copernicus is in top right of image. Prominent crater on righthand edge of Mare Vaporum is Manilius (diam 36km) |
Date/Time: 2001-10-03 22:35 UT [2001-10-03.94097] | |
CCD Image: Enhanced 11.4 x 7.6 arc min , 2.27 arc sec/pixel (original 0.892 arc sec/pixel) #5018 File: Moon.00005018.gif (53 kb) Subject: Moon |
Exposure: 0.3 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 | |
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Processing: Rough reduction, unsharp mask, resize, sharpen Software : CCDSoft V5, PaintShop Pro 5 |
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Page Links: Moon Moon Images (2001-10-03) |
This Page : | Moon (Mare Nubium and Sinus Medii) http://www.richweb.f9.co.uk/astro/imagelib/Moon.00005018.htm |
Page creation : | Generated from an Image Database by visual basic script |
Page Owner : | David Richards |
Last Updated : | 2006-Jan-20 |
Home Page : | David's Astronomy Pages - http://www.richweb.f9.co.uk/astro |