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.  My photograph of the Moon on the evening of March 12, 2022.  A 69% illuminated waxing gibbous moon. 
file: moon3122022cehd-atf7-IMG_2494d190drrAP11corL.jpg
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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
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Mount:
iOptron GEM45
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Camera:
Canon SL1 DSLR at ISO 200, 1/200 second single exposure at f/7
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Location:
 My West Los Angeles (Cheviot Hills) California backyard


Same photo as above but without labelled text
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Cropped photo of northern hemisphere of near side of our moon showing approximate Apollo 11 landing
site on July 20, 1969
file: MoonNorthHem-AP130F6-ASI533-412023a1-ap11corLcr1b.jpg
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=klyjqiLWpXE
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YouTube video of Apollo11 on the Moon. Magnificent desolation:
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qpOoysa0DPM

Photographic Data
.Cropped image
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
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Mount:
iOptron GEM45
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Camera:
Canon SL1 DSLR at ISO 200, 1/200 second single exposure at f/7
cropped image
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Location:
 My West Los Angeles backyard
 


from: Apollo 11 Moon Landing Site Seen in Unprecedented Detail | Space
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LM is the Lunar Module that carried astronauts Neil Armstrong & Buzz Aldrin to the moon on July 20, 1969
(photo from the Lunar Reconissance Orbiter satellite 15 niles above moon's surface on March 7, 2012)
 file: Apollo11-landingsite-fromOrbitor.jpg
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YouTube video of Apollo11 on the Moon. Magnificent desolation:
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qpOoysa0DPM
 
 

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.
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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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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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