I had done the moon a few times in the past, but never really had pictures I was thrilled with. August 8th, 2014 wa the last of the “super moons” for the year. that night it rained here and the following night same thing. After many of my Facebook friends were snapping shots with tier phones and sending me pics. . .I had to do something! Unfortunately with my scope, it doesn’t let me take a full Moon shot, so I will have to make a mosaic.
Two prominent features, the two craters Kepler and Copernicus are seen. The mountain range in the east has a few mountains in it.to the south of Copernicus is an Apollo 12 & 14 landing sites. I took some time to label the larger notable features I referenced Google earth’s moon map.
This was the first time using my Neximager5, for what ever reason I had forgotten to use it on the moon, probably because I had avoided the moon so much, it cuts down on light for DSO’s and I would operate opposite of the full moon to get darker skies. I ended Up taking a fist full of shots but I want to give each one the attention they deserve! Please enjoy and look around!
Some of the features of the marked areas:
Kepler:
Diam: 32 km/19.9Miles, Depth: 2.7 km/1.68Miles
The rays extend for well over 300 km /86.41Miles
Copernicus:
Diam: 93 km/57.8Miles, Depth:3.8 km/2.36Miles
The rays extend for well over 800 km /497.1Miles
Pytheas:
Diam: 20 km/12.43Miles, Depth: 2.5 km/1.55Miles
Grimaldi:
Diam: 173.49 km/107.8Miles, Depth:2.7 km/1.68Miles
Aristarchus:
Diam: 40 km/24.86Miles, Depth: 3.7 km/2.3Miles
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