Copernicus

Iconic terraced and twin-peaked complex crater with a diameter of 96km. The small double crater at 7 oclock is Fauth.

 

Lunar 100 targets:

 

Copernicus is (L5).

A very small crater surrounded by dark lava at 5 oclock to Copernicus is Copernicus H (L74).

Near the bottom of the image are two side-by-side eroded craters with a larger eroded crater above - the larger crater is Fra Mauro (L17) it is filled with ejecta from other impacts.

 

Nexstar 8SE SCT

PGR Grasshopper 3 CCD camera with Red 2c filter

Firecapture acquisition software

Ioptron ZEQ25GT mount

 

 

Done