Moon Age 8.6

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Date & Time:	May 15 2016, 22:05 JST(+0900), mosaic of 7 flames
Optical:	Kasai 20cm (7.9") Newtonian (NERO-200DX) (f=1200mmm, F6.0)
	Auto-guided with TAKAHASHI EM-200 Equatorial
Camera:	CELESTRON Skyris445C with IDAS IR-cut filter
Location:	Hitachi city, Ibaraki pref.

Camera Settings:	30 flames/sec.×6sec., Exp....1/120sec
	150 flames stacked each & Wavelet process with Registax6

This image shows you the Moon with age of 8.6 having a bit waxed shape from the half moon. In this age, we can observe various detailed topography of southern (upper part of the image) dense area of craters, the Alpes, MONTES and surrounding isolated craters in northern (lower) part.

¶ Geocentric distance: 400,400 km, Distance from observed location: 396,400 km

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