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Moon on the evening of
November 21, 2021
A 96% illuminated waning gibbous moon. Photo taken from my front
porch in Los Angeles, CA
Photographic Data
Telescope: Astro-Physics 130 mm (5-inch) f/6 Starfire EDF refractor
without the field flattener
Mount: iOptron GEM45
Camera: Canon SL1 DSLR at ISO 100, 1/640 second single exposure at
f/6 prime focus
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Major craters of the near side of
the moon
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Copernicus: Named after Polish astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus
(1473-1543). It is located in eastern Oceanus Procellarum.
Diameter 93 km, age: 800 million years
Kepler:
Named after German astronomer Johannes Kepler (1571-1630).
Located at: 8.09-degrees North & 98.02 degrees West.
Diameter: 29.5 km (18.3 miles), Age: young,
Tycho:
Named after Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe (1546-1601).
Located in the southern uplands at: 43.3-degrees South & 11.2-degrees
West.
Diameter 85 km (52.8 miles), Age: 108 million years (young) |
