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The Details |
|
Object |
The Moon |
Optics |
Astro-Physics 160 EDF Refractor at f/7.5 |
Platform |
Astro-Physics 1200 GTO |
Camera |
SBIG STL-11000M |
Filters |
Tru-Balance 6nm Hydrogen-Alpha |
Date |
03 February 2006 |
Location |
Aztec Hills near Dateland, Arizona - Yuma County |
Exposure |
0.02 second, 1x1 binned |
Software |
Maxim DL/CCD, Photoshop CS |
| Orientation | North is at top of frame, east is 90° CCW from north |
| Notes | This was "first light" for my AP 160 EDF and STL-11000M imaging train combination. The great match of exquisite optics and small pixel size is demonstrated in this high resolution image of the Moon. Near the middle and close to the terminator one can see the deep crater Theophilus with the summits of its central mountain catching the Sun's first rays of light. Tranquility Base, the site of mans first landing on the Moon by Armstrong and Aldrin of Apollo 11 is located near the terminator above Theophilus on the broad, dark plain of Mare Tranquillitatus. The large, illuminated crater left of Theophilus, near the limb of the Moon, is Langrenus. An 80 mile in diameter feature with a twin-summitted central mountain, Langrenus was named in honor of one of the early cartographers of the Moon. Moon phase = 37.19% |
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