Antarctic area


Date & Time: Apr 8 2001, 23:11 JST(+0900), 1/40sec. Exp.
Optical: TAKAHASHI 13cm(5.1") Newtonian with corrector, afocal method with LV12mm eyepiece
Synthesized focal length f=1643mm (equivalent f=9032mm in 35mm film format)
Auto-guided with TAKAHASHI EM-200 Equatorial
Digital Camera: OLYMPUS C-2020Z
Location: Kokubunji city, Tokyo

Camera Settings: Mode.....SHQ (1600×1200, high-quality JPEG format)
Lens.....f=19.1mm (equivalent f=105mm in 35mm film format), Stop: F2.8
CCD sensitivity.....ISO100, White Balance.....Auto


This image shows you the Antarctic region of full moon. The equatorial plane of Moon is slanting about 6.7 degrees from the lunar orbital plane, a little region of arctic or Antarctic area has shadow as orbital motion of Moon. The full moon cannot show us the shadows of various craters or mountain ranges because the sun light shines right ahead. But as this picture shows, a little unevenness in polar region can be observed through telescopes.


Around Clavius
Southern Mountanious region

Copyright(c) 2001 by Naoyuki Kurita, All rights reserved.
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