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Description:
CCD Image of Moon showing Mare Crisium (The Sea of Crises)

Large craters to north of Mare Crisium are Cleomedes (diam 126 km), Geminus (diam 90km) and Messala (diam 128km).

Date/Time:
2001-10-03   23:07 UT [2001-10-03.96319]

CCD Image:
Enhanced
11.4 x 7.6 arc min , 2.27 arc sec/pixel (original 0.892 arc sec/pixel)
#5040
File: Moon.00005040.gif (31 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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