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David Hoskin
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
03/15/2022
07:20 pm

Equipment Details:

ZWO ASI533MC Pro camera, Celestron OmniXLT150 f/5 450mm reflector telescope, SkyWatcher EQ6R Pro mount.

Post-processing Details:

1000 frames of video were stacked with AutoStakkert, wavelets were adjusted using Registax 6, additional post-processing with Photoshop, PhotoScape X, and Microsoft Photo.

Image Details:

The nearly full Moon (94.5% illuminated) imaged at 7:20 pm on 15 March. Enlarged images show the bright crater Aristarchus and sinuous Schroter's Valley on the Aristarchus Plateau (top left) and Mare Humorum with the engagement ring-like crater Gassendi, as well as the large craters Schickard, Phocylides and Schiller left to right below the mare (bottom left).