The Moon - 2022-08-19 08:04 UTC - Craters Orontitus, Huggins, Nassireddin, and Miller
This grouping of craters, starting with Orontitus, which is the larger crater near center image,and forming a chain of increasingly smaller and younger craters is an interesting study in comparitive ages of craters. I spotted this grouping of craters with a 60mm spotting scope when I was fourteen. I am not sure why I spent as much time looking at them as I did, but I gained an appreciation of how overlapping craters indicated relative age, and I noticed that the youger craters had sharper edges, all before I learned about lunar surface dating from books. (Ruki 65)
ZWO ASI178MC/2.5x PowerMate
Meade LX850 (12" f/8)
Losmandy LX850
4000 frames captured in Firecapture
Best 320 frames stacked in Autostakkert
Wavelet sharpened in Registax
Finished in Photoshop
The Moon - 2022-08-19 08:04 UTC - Craters Orontitus, Huggins, Nassireddin, and Miller
This grouping of craters, starting with Orontitus, which is the larger crater near center image,and forming a chain of increasingly smaller and younger craters is an interesting study in comparitive ages of craters. I spotted this grouping of craters with a 60mm spotting scope when I was fourteen. I am not sure why I spent as much time looking at them as I did, but I gained an appreciation of how overlapping craters indicated relative age, and I noticed that the youger craters had sharper edges, all before I learned about lunar surface dating from books. (Ruki 65)
ZWO ASI178MC/2.5x PowerMate
Meade LX850 (12" f/8)
Losmandy LX850
4000 frames captured in Firecapture
Best 320 frames stacked in Autostakkert
Wavelet sharpened in Registax
Finished in Photoshop