The Moon

THE MOON

The Moon, from 8-5-2017, at a distance of approx 384,400 km, thought to have formed approximately 4.5 billion years ago. The large crater at the bottem is Tycho, with middle left, Copernicus.

Technical info:
TS 80mm f6 APO triplet refractor - ZWO ASI 120MC planetary camera - exposure: 1500 frames avi - stacked in AutoStakkert3

The large crater upper left is ARCHIMEDES. The mountain range beneath it is MONTES APENNINUS and the crater under the mountain range is ERATOSTHENES

Technical info:
TS 80mm f6 APO triplet refractor - Approx. 800 frames with a ZWO ASI 120MC camera, 2x Barlow converter and stacked with Autostakkert2.

The large crater bottom left is CLAVIUS

Technical info:
TS 80mm f6 APO triplet refractor - Approx. 800 frames with a ZWO ASI 120MC camera, 2x Barlow converter and stacked with Autostakkert2.

The large crater to the left is PLATO. The mountain range to the right is MONTES ALPES with MONT BLANC halfway along the range.

Technical info:
TS 80mm f6 APO triplet refractor - Approx. 800 frames with a ZWO ASI 120MC camera, 2x Barlow converter and stacked with Autostakkert2.

The crater Tycho is a prominent lunar impact crater located in the southern lunar highlands. Tycho is a relatively young crater, with an estimated age of 108 million years. The rim of this crater was chosen as the target of the Surveyor 7 mission. The robotic spacecraft safely touched down north of the crater in January 1968.

Technical info:
TS 80mm f6 APO triplet refractor - Approx. 2000 frames with a ZWO ASI 120MC camera, stacked with Autostakkert2.

The Moon taken on 17-1-2016 with TS 80mm f6 APO triplet refractor and Canon 7D DSLR
26 July 1971 Apollo 15 landed in Mare Imbrium at the base of the Apennine Mountains, which form part of the rim of the Imbrium impact basin.