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Old 17-11-2007, 06:13 PM
Alchemy (Clive)
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theophilus

thought id post some craters taken last night, seeing not so good so only shot with 2x powermate, Theophilus is the large crater to the lower left. Some details taken from vmap pro

THEOPHILUS

Type: Crater
Geological period: Eratosthenian (From -3.2 billions years to -1.1 billions years)

Size:
Dimension: 104x104Km / 61x61Mi
Height: 4400m / 13300ft
Height/Wide ratio: 0.044

Description:
Circular formation forming a remarkable trio with Cyrillus and Catharina.
Tormented and steep slopes overhanging Sinus Asperitatis from 1200m and supporting Cyrillus to the
South-East Theophilus F to the West and Mädler to the East.
Very high walls with terraces overlapped by Theophilus B to the North-West.
Flat floor. Imposing central mountain 1 400 m high with 4 summits. Line of crests hills and craterlets.
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Old 17-11-2007, 06:29 PM
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Lovely image, a nice time to image it with great illumination.

Lots of details.
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Old 17-11-2007, 10:23 PM
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Hi,

Wow, rich of details and very sharp.
Well done.

greetings, Andreas
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Old 17-11-2007, 10:53 PM
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The seeing wasn't very good???

You could've fooled me, your image looks great!
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