Clavius crater

Posted by HrAstro

Clavius crater

Other avalible sizes of this photograph:
1088 x 870 px

Equipment and other photo info:
Picture taken on February 5th, 2009.
Location: Zagreb, Europe
Celestron C10-N f/4.7 + 1.5x barlow, QHY5 guide camera, EQ6 SynScan
Processing software: DeepSkyStacker, Photoshop CS2

Object info:
Clavius is one of the largest crater formations on the Moon, and it is the third largest crater on the visible near side. It is located in the rugged southern highlands of the Moon, to the south of the prominent ray crater Tycho.

More information about this object at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copernicus_(lunar_crater)

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