Around Copernicus to Aristarchus


Date & Time: Jul 30 2012, 21:41, 21:42 JST(+0900), Record Time: 30sec. each
Mosaic of 2 flames
Optical: Kasai 20cm(7.9") Newtonian(NERO-200DX), afocal method with PanOptic 35mm eyepiece
Synthesized focal length f=2074mm (equivalent f=14824mm in 35mm film format)
Auto-guided with TAKAHASHI EM-200 Equatorial
Digital Video Camera: Canon iVIS HF-M41
Location: Hitachi city, Ibaraki pref.

Camera Settings: Mode...FXP(24Mbps), Aperture Value Auto
Lens...f=61mm (equivalent f=436mm in 35mm film format), Stop: F3.0
300 flames stacked & wavelet processed with Registax6


This is a wide field image captured around central region of Moon. You can detect an isolated and marvelous crater of Copernicus clearly in left hand side of this picture. Imbrium, MARE and Procellarum, Ocean are spread out in center. In west of Copernicus, a small but fairly bright crater of Kepler is positioned. Moreover you can detect Aristarchus crater in north direction. Copernicus and Aristarchus have clear rays on the outskirts, you can see the craters clearly even in lunar age of full Moon.

Gazetteer
Index Map
INDEXNAMECrater's Diameter
1Copernicus93km
2Kepler32km
3Reinhold48km
4Lambert30km
5T. Mayer33km
6Euler28km
7Pytheas20km
8Marius41km
9Lansberge39km
10Aristarchus40km
AImbrium, MARE-
BProcellarum, Ocean-
CCarpathus, MONTES-



Around Copernicus & Apenninus, MONTES
Around Copernicus Crater

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