Observation by Alan Snook: Moon -Theophilus

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Alan Snook

Observer

Alan Snook

Observed

2026 Jan 24 - 17:27

Uploaded

2026 Jan 25 - 11:28

Objects

The Moon

Equipment

Altair Astro 130EDT refractor, ZWO ASI662MC, UVIRBlock.

Exposure

4ms, best 50% of 10,000 frames.

Location

Kent, UK

Target name

Western Nectaris, Sinus Asperitatis

Title

Moon -Theophilus

About this image

Lately, if I don't image through cloud then I don't image... at least the seeing was stable. Notice the apron of impact melt around the outside of the rim of Theophilus. It is most obvious in the north, because the crater rim there is lower than the south rim. On the bottom edge of the image, below Theophilus, note how the north-east rims of Beaumont and Fracastorius have subsided into the Nectaris basin.

Files associated with this observation

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