Observation by Chris Hooker: Mare Nectaris, 27th May 2020

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Chris Hooker

Observer

Chris Hooker

Observed

2020 May 27 - 21:25

Uploaded

2020 May 28 - 21:18

Objects

The Moon

Equipment

Meade LX-10 20 cm SCT
2x Barlow
ZWO ASI174MM camera
Baader 610 nm & IR-cut filters

Location

Didcot, Oxfordshire

Target name

Moon

Title

Mare Nectaris, 27th May 2020

About this image

After the unfortunate scrub of the Crew Dragon launch, I consoled myself by imaging the Moon, nicely placed in the western sky. Mare Nectaris has the very deep crater Theophilus to the north-west, and the partly-flooded Fracastorius to the south. The seeing was good so there is plenty of fine detail in the highlands around the mare.

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Nectaris 27 May 20 2a.jpg (546.1 kB)

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