Observation by Peter Tickner: Copernicus and the Clockface

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Observer

Peter Tickner

Observed

2020 May 02 - 16:39

Uploaded

2020 May 11 - 11:44

Objects

The Moon

Equipment

ZWO ASI 174MM mono CMOS camera
14inch LX200 SCT at f/10
IR Pass filter
EQ8 Mount

Location

Urban Berkshire

Target name

Moon

Title

Copernicus and the Clockface

About this image

This is one of a series of images I took on 2nd May intending to do a mosaic of the terminator, but the seeing was unsterady at tumes and I abandoned the plan. However this particular image came out well enough, it is a stack of best 40% of 800 frames with an infrared pass filter. To my eyes Eratosthenes in the middle of the image between the Montes Carpatus and Montes Appeninus always looks like a watch or clock face with the hands set at 2am.

Peter

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2020-05-02_T_18-52-29-0379_IR Pass_e and a g6_ap472 baa.jpg (1.4 MB)

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