Neper in good libration

[bkm2304]

Hi Al,

Shot of Crater Neper, near Mare Marginalis taken near full moon. THe central peak is spectacular as is the rugged walls. It lies at Longitude 84.5 deg East - a real limb dweller! 137 km wide and 2km deep. Named in honour of Scotsman, John Napier of logarithm fame (or infamy as many students would attest). Taken with G-Star ex. Stack of 800 frames. 22" Newtonian, 3x Barlow.

Richard

[Matt Wastell]

Hi Richard - great lighting on this one - the central peak looks fantastic!

[John Hothersall]

Neper looks mysterious with the shadows, thats a big scope your using capable of long focal lengths when seeing is vgood.

John.

[h0ughy]

how cool is that shot, excellent

[Clayton]

Lovely shot, well processed.

[SkyViking]

Very nice, I really like these shots near the limb of the Moon - it gives the image a 3D effect when you see the landscape from such a low angle.

[bkm2304]

Thanks, everyone. Yes, John, it's rare to have the seeing good enough to dust off the barlow! The old girl doesn't like high magnification unless the seeing is excellent or better.

Richard