Michael A. Stecker
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Image cropped from gibbous moon photo below to show Copernicus Crater
date: March 12, 2022
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About Copernicus Crater
Located at 10-degrees North, 20-degrees West near the southern rim of Mare Imbrium, Copernicus is a relatively young, well-preserved rayed lunar crater measuring 92 km (58 miles) in diameter.  Peaked mountains rise from the center to a height of 800 meters (2,600 feet).  It was named after Polish astronomer
Nicolaus Copernicus (1473-1543).
Photographic Data
 Telescope: Celestron EdgeHD 9.25-inch f/10 SCT with Celestron 0.7X focal reducer
aperture: 9.25 inches (234 mm), focal length: 1644 mm, focal ratio: f/7
Mount: iOptron GEM45
Camera: Canon SL1 DSLR at ISO 200, 1/200 second single exposure at f/7
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Moon on the evening of March 12, 2022.     
A 69% illuminated waxing gibbous moon.  Photo taken from my front porch in Los Angeles.  
 North is up.
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Photographic Data
Telescope: Celestron EdgeHD 9.25-inch f/10 SCT with Celestron 0.7X focal reducer
aperture: 9.25 inches (234 mm), focal length: 1644 mm, focal ratio: f/7
Mount: iOptron GEM45
Camera: Canon SL1 DSLR at ISO 200, 1/200 second single exposure at f/7
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Label of some of the Mares (Seas) and large craters on the gibbous moon of March 12, 2022.  First men on the moon (Apollo 11) landed in southern Mare Tranquillitatis (Sea of Tranquility) on July 20, 1969 at 20:17 UTC.  North is up.
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Cropped image of crater highlands
 
 
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Near full moon on 6-17-2022
With Astro-Physics 130 mm refractor @ f/4.5
1080p video capture with ASI533MC-Pro camera and Asiair Plus

Near full moon on June 17, 2022
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Photographic Data:
Telescope:
Astro-Physics 130 mm f/6 refractor focally reduced to f/4.5 (FL= 585 mm)
Mount:
iOptron GEM45 (tracking at lunar rate)
Camera:
ZWO ASI533MC-Pro (9-megapixels, square)
Exposure:
40-second video at 1080p (2.52 megapixels on a 9-megapixel sensor).  Stacked & sharpened with Asiair Plus
Post-processing:
Adobe Photoshop Elements 2021