Observation by Bill Leatherbarrow: Copernicus ejecta blanket

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Bill Leatherbarrow

Observer

Bill Leatherbarrow

Observed

2022 Feb 11 - 21:02

Uploaded

2022 Feb 17 - 13:49

Objects

The Moon

Equipment

OMC300 Mak-Cass
ASI290MM camera

Location

Sheffield

Target name

Crater Copernicus

Title

Copernicus ejecta blanket

About this image

An unpromising sky with high cloud, but a brief clearing offered a fine view of the ejecta blanket around Copernicus, as well as the pools of impact melt both inside and outside the crater.

Files associated with this observation

COPERNICUS_2022-02-11-2102UT_col 35,9_4-U-IR-Moon_lapl5_ap514.png (1.5 MB)

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