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Old 22-10-2023, 05:33 PM
Dennis
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Apollo 11, Surveyor 5, Ranger 8, craterlets Armstrong, Aldrin and Collins.

I managed to find some nice detail on our Moon during a spell of settled seeing on 21st October 2023.

Captured in SharpCap, processed in Autostakkert!3, Wavesharp and PS. Best 1,000 frames from 5,000.

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Apollo 11, Surveyor 5, Ranger 8, craterlets Armstrong, Aldrin and Collins.

I managed to image these mission landing sites and the craterlets Armstrong, Aldrin and Collins, located in the North-East Quadrant, East part of Mare Tranquillitatis.

ARMSTRONG
Dimension: 5.0x5.0Km / 3.0x3.0Mi
Height: 670.0' / 2000.0ft
Longitude: 24.944° East
Latitude: 1.354° North

ALDRIN
Dimension: 3.0x3.0Km / 2.0x2.0Mi
Height: 600.0' / 1800.0ft
Longitude: 22.090° East
Latitude: 1.406° North

COLLINS
Dimension: 3.0x3.0Km / 2.0x2.0Mi
Height: 560.0' / 1700.0ft
Longitude: 23.709° East
Latitude: 1.298° North

Posidonious, Atlas and Hercules

Theophilus, Cyrillus, Catharina and Mare Nectaris with Fracastorious.

Mare Serenitatis and Posidonius

Janssen and Maurolycus

Theophilus, Cyrillus, Catharina and Mare Nectaris with Petavius

Dennis
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