Observation by Chris Hooker: Sunrise on Clavius

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Chris Hooker

Observer

Chris Hooker

Observed

2017 Jul 02 - 18:21

Uploaded

2017 Jul 03 - 21:12

Objects

The Moon

Equipment

Orion Optics 25 cm F/6.3 Newtonian
x2 Barlow lens
ZWO ASI120MM-S camera
Baader 610 nm red filter

Location

Didcot, Oxfordshire

Target name

Clavius

Title

Sunrise on Clavius

About this image

Clavius at sunrise is a fine sight, with the low light revealing the curvature of the crater floor, and picking out the rims of the crater chain in the interior.

Seeing excellent: Ant II - III. 300 out of 3000 frames stacked in Autostakkert!2, wavelet processing in Registax.

Files associated with this observation

Clavius sunrise 2 Jul 17 1b.jpg (247.7 kB)

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Jeremy Shears, Chris Dole, Bill Leatherbarrow, Graham Winstanley, Dawson, David Basey, Steve Knight, David Swan, Peter Carson, Mike Olason, Dave Finnigan

Comments

Ian Thompson, 2017 Oct 17 - 09:23 UTC

One of my favourite craters too!

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