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September 2021, 2021 Jason Matter September 2021, 2021 Jason Matter

Rupes Recta - Prominent linear fault on the Moon and volcanic rille

Image Description and Details :

Rupes Recta is a linear fault on the Moon, in the southeastern part of the Mare Nubium. The name is Latin for straight cliff, although it is more commonly called the Straight Wall. This is the most well-known escarpment on the Moon, and is a popular target for amateur astronomers.

When the sun illuminates the feature at an oblique angle at about day 8 of the Moon's orbit, the Rupes Recta casts a wide shadow that gives it the appearance of a steep cliff. The fault has a length of 110 km, a typical width of 2–3 km, and a height of 240–300 m. Thus although it appears to be a vertical cliff in the lunar surface, in actuality the grade of the slope is relatively shallow.

To the west of this escarpment is the crater Birt, which is about 17 km in diameter. The Birt Rille is a slightly curved ~50 km long channel that starts and ends in a pit.

Telescope: Clestron 9.25 f/10

Reducer/corrector: No reducer

Filter: Baader UV-IR cut

Mount: Orion Atlas EQG

Camera: DMK 23U618

Exposure: 2000 frames @ 60fps x 2 images mosaic

Procesing: Autostakkert + Registax + PixInsight

Copyright: Astronomica.es - Jaime Fernández

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Solar System 2020

This is a collage of solar system objects Left to right: Mercury, Venus(in a very thin crescent phase), International Space Station, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Wanning gibbous Moon on the top(19-panel mosaic), and Sun at the bottom(4-panel mosaic) all Captured in 2020 using Different equipment.
Equipment:
Telescopes: GSO 16" Dob on EQ platform, EdgeHD11", Esprit 80mmAPO
Cameras: ZWO462MC, ZWO 290MC, ZWO1600mmpro.
Accessories: ZWO UV/IR Cut filter, IR 685nm filter, ZWO ADC, Daystar quark Chromosphere, Tilt adaptor.
Software: Autostakkert!3, Registax, Photoshop
Location: Sharjah, UAE
Date: Jan - Dec 2020

Copyright: Prabhu S Kutti

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Pythagoras Crater

Pythagoras Crater is at the center of this field of view and is a prominent impact crater located near the northwestern limb of the Moon. It has a diameter of 80 miles and is 16,400 feet deep. The prominent central peak rises just over 4,200 feet and is casting a very long shadow that appears to just be touching the western wall of the crater. The rim is well-preserved and the terraced walls are quite apparent. Captured Jan 26 during a full terminator imaging session at 20:28 during the 97.3 % waxing phase. To the southeast is Babbage and to the northeast is Anaximander.Celestron CPC Deluxe 1100 HDAltair IMX174 MonoZWO Filter Wheel - Green Channel FilterX-Cel 3.0 BarlowPrimalucelab Eagle 2 Pro

Copyright: Gary Varney

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2020 Jason Matter 2020 Jason Matter

ISS Transit on the Moon

Image Description and Details : Ocotlán Jalisco MéxicoTakahashi FS60ZWO ASI120MC-SSky-Watcher Star Adventurer15 Frames de la ISSCaptura: FirecaptureProcesado: Autostakkert + Ps + Pixinsight 1.8Guillermo Cervantes MosquedaObservatorio Astronómico AltaírOcotlán Jalisco México


Copyright Information: Guillermo Cervantes Mosqueda

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2020 Charles Lillo 2020 Charles Lillo

ISS transit over the Moon

(ISS) International Space Station transiting the Moon

Captured: April 3rd, 2020: 9.06 pm (GMT+2)

Tecnosky APO Triplet 80/480 FPL53

f/4.8

ZWO ASI294MC Pro @45fps

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2020 Charles Lillo 2020 Charles Lillo

Worm Super Moon

The more northern tribes of the northeastern United States knew this as the Crow Moon, when the cawing of crows signaled the end of winter, explains NASA, on its website. Other northern names were the Crust Moon, because the snow cover becomes crusted from thawing by day and freezing by night, or the Sap (or Sugar) Moon as this is the time for tapping maple trees.

Worm supermoon and four towers of Madrid.

Composition seven shots:

Camera: Canon 7d mkII

Lens: 150-600 Tamron.

Copyright: German Penelas Perez‎

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