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Moon Lunar V and Lunar X 25/6/23

Crescent moon - about 7 to 8 days old and 46% illumination.

Partially cloudy conditions.

Craters Theophilus, Cyrillus and Catharina near the middle.

Notable craters near the terminator, from N to S, are: Aristillus, Autolycus, Hipparchus, Halley, Albategnius, Stofler, Faraday, Licetus and Cuvier.

The clair-obscur effect, Lunar X, is visible, below centre, at the terminator, on the rim of the Blanchinus, La Caille and Purbach craters.

The Lunar V is also visible, just above centre, near the terminator, formed by Ukert crater and several other small craters.

Nikon D7000 video at prime-focus on 127mm Maksutov.

.MOV file converted to .AVI in PIPP.

Stacked 50% best frames with AutoStakkert.

Wavelets in Registax.

Cropped, rotated, Curves adjusted in NXStudio.

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Uploaded on June 26, 2023
Taken on June 25, 2023