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Plato

Started by Mike Wirths, 02/29/2004 08:59PM
Posted 02/29/2004 08:59PM Opening Post
Hi all,

Well heres the last lunar pic I took last night before clouds rolled in. Its a stack of 100 (Registax) 3x's barlow, toucam, Sm18". I love the jagged shodows on the crater floor!
Boys theres been a bunch of great pics in the last few days nice to finally get saome clear warmer weather!

-Mike W

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Posted 02/29/2004 09:15PM #1
Mike,

Actually this is the crater Archimedes. I think it is more of a challenge to get craterletes in this crater than Plato. Also, one suggestion...if you convert the images to greyscale you get rid of the yellow fringes. There's not much color on the moon anyway.

Nice image!!

Paul Maxson

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