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Old 14-05-2011, 11:32 AM
Dennis
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Some interesting Lunar real estate and the Apollo 15 landing site

Hello,

Last night, with wispy clouds coming in from the SE, I thought that I would try to capture a few images of the Moon. I used the Mewlon 180 with the Tak x1.6 extender although this proved too much for the wobbly atmosphere, so this image is a little “grainy” and slightly over processed due to the sub-optimal seeing conditions.

The area covers some big names like Aristillus, Autolycus, Archimedes, the Apennine Mountains and Eratosthenes. It also shows Rima Hadley, which was the landing site of Apollo 15 in July 1971.

Thanks for looking.

Cheers

Dennis
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