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David Hoskin
Morden, Nova Scotia, Canada
08/06/2022
09:30 pm

Equipment Details:

Orion 102mm MCT, 1.5x Barlow, Player One Apollo Mini mono camera, and Star Adventurer mount.

Post-processing Details:

Best 100 frames were stacked with AutoStakkert, wavelets with Registax, additional post-processing with Photoshop and MS Photo.

Image Details:

Tycho and Clavius craters are near the terminator in this image of the southern lunar highlands. Clavius is one of the older lunar craters as it was likely formed 4 billion years ago. Clavius has a diameter of 231 km and a depth of 3.5 km. The crater floor is notable for the curving chain of craters that decrease in size. In contrast, Tycho is thought to be about 108 million years old. It has a diameter of 85 km and a depth of 4.8 km. The central peaks rise 1.6 km above the crater floor.