Object: Region surrounding the craters Aristarchus and Kepler including the beautiful Schröter Valley.
Exposure: 1/60th second
Camera: Nikon Coolpix 800 digital camera, 1600x1200pixel CCD array.
Processing: Minor enhancement in Adobe Photoshop 6.0
Telescope: Afocal coupling using a TeleVue 102mm f/8.6 APO refractor with a TeleVue 4x Powermate and 26mm Plossl eyepiece.
Mount: Losmandy G11
Guiding: none
Location: Laguna Niguel, California
Date: 01/06/01, 8:35pm PST.
Comments: Taken during very good seeing, 8 on a 1-10 scale.
This image shows the craters Aristarchus and Herodotus at center and the beautiful crater Kepler at upper right. Aristarchus, 28mi in diameter and a rim rising 9000ft above the crater floor is one of the brightest craters on the Moon.
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