Wednesday, February 9, 2022

Lunar Closeups! Part 1

"The Straight Wall"

Clavius Crater




With the Moon pressing towards full, I used my 8" Meade LX200GPS with a 2X Teleconverter
and a PointGrey 5mp grayscale camera to do some imaging... more to come!

To see a larger image, right click on the image and select "Open Image in New Tab"
Enjoy !






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