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Jeremy Likness
Newport OR, USA
10/25/2023
09:30 pm

Equipment Details:

Celestron EdgeHD 9.25" telescope
ZWO ASI294MM Pro cooled monochrome camera
ZWO AM5 mount

Post-processing Details:

AstroSurface and PixInsight - 1,400 frames each of red, green, and blue

Image Details:

This detailed color image centers on the beautiful crater Plato just beneath Mare Imbrium (the Sea of Showers). Up and right from Plato is the short Montes Recti range. In the upper left the two distinctive craters are Kepler and Copernicus. Copernicus is the bigger one.