Michael A. Stecker
mastecker@gmail.com 

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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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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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Northern hemisphere of near side of our moon showing "corrected" Apollo 11 landing site on July 20, 1969
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=klyjqiLWpXE

Photographic Data
.Telescope:
Astro-Physics 130 mm f/6 EDF Starfire triplet refractor with field flattener (focal length= 877 mm)
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Camera
ZWO ASI533MC-Pro cooled color astro-camera used in video mode
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Exposure
one minute video with frames stacked
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Mount
iOptron GEM45
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Site
West Los Angeles backyard
 
 
 

Above photo cropped and labeled
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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.
 click on photo to see enlargement
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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Image cropped from gibbous moon photo above 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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