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020204 - Plato Crater

LX200 10" 
Focal Reducer 0.63
Meade LPI Camera

Plato crater is to lower left  of centre and is 101kmx101km. Mare Imbrium is to the north and dominates most of landscape. The large circular feature on the edge of the face in bottom middle is J Herschel  Wall Plain (156kmx156km)

Processing : Iris Unsharp Sharpening


020204 - Aristarchus Crater

LX200 10" 
Focal Reducer 0.63
Meade LPI Camera

The prominent crater to the upper right of centre is Aristarchus Crater and its about 40kmx40km. The large  Mare Imbrium (Second Lunar Sea)is to the bottom right.

Processing : Iris Unsharp Sharpening


020204 - Gassendi Crater

LX200 10" 
Focal Reducer 0.63
Meade LPI Camera

The crater to the top right is the Gassendi crater. Its about 110kmx110km.  

Processing : Iris Unsharp Sharpening


020204 - Kepler Crater

LX200 10" 
Focal Reducer 0.63
Meade LPI Camera

The crater to skight right  of centre is the Kepler crater. Its about 32kmx32km. Half of Copernicus Crater  is on the left edge.

Processing : Iris Unsharp Sharpening


020204 - Copernicus Crater

LX200 10" 
Focal Reducer 0.63
Meade LPI Camera

The central  crater  is Copernicus Crater which is about 93kmx93km in size. There are three mountains in the centre that are about 1200m high.

Processing : Iris Unsharp Sharpening


020204 - Schiller Crater

LX200 10" 
Focal Reducer 0.63
Meade LPI Camera

The elongated crater  is Schiller Crater. It is about 172 Km long by 68km wide. 

Processing : Iris Unsharp Sharpening


November 2003 - Lunar Eclipse

Tasco 5" Newtonian.

Rite Camera shot afocally through a 20mm eyepiece.

Processing:
Neat Image  - sharpening/slight noise reduction.
Photoshop - levels adjustment.