Copernicus Crater with Terminator
  • Details
    Date Taken: 07/09/2011
    Location: Pembroke Pines, FL
    Telescope: Orion XT-8i (item # 27183)
    Mount: Equatorial Platform (built from kit from TL Systems)
    Camera: Orion Star Shoot Solar System Color Imaging Camera IV (item # 52175)
    Processing: Image optimized and stacked with Registax 5.1 Software
    Exposure: 15 fps image capture
    Other Equipment Used: Shorty 2X Barlow lens (item # 08711)
    Notes: Gamma and Contrast settings adjusted to enhance surface detail. Can easily see the pock-marked craters from the ejecta. Eratosthenes Crater to the right, and part of the Apennine Mountains.
  • Photographer
    Gary V.