Theophilus

18:28 24/3/2007 UTC

Last weekend was a Solar System Meet in Artjärvi. In the spirit of the happening, I turned my scope towards solar system objects. Moon was pretty high in the sky and seeing was pretty good at this time. I Scanned the lunar terminator for interesting craters and Theophilus catchet my attention first. Theophilus diameter in lunar surface is about 100km. Lunar Colongitude: 339.

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Camera: Phillips ToUCam Pro II webcam | Telescope: Orion Optics Europa 200mm f6 Newtonian reflector, Televue Powermate 5x | Mount: Orion Skyview Pro, Boxdoerfer PowerFlex MTS-3SLP drive controller | Filters: Baader IR pass filter | Guiding: - | Exposure: 100(1000) RGB 1/5s f30 | Software: Qastrocam, Registax, GIMP | Location: 60°44'00"N 26°12'46"E (Tähtikallio Observatory/Artjärvi, FI) | Seeing: II | Transparency: 3 |