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Tycho to Clavius - Moon on June 21, 2021, JDJ

Tycho to Clavius - Moon on June 21, 2021

Acquisition type: Lucky imaging
Tycho to Clavius - Moon on June 21, 2021, JDJ

Tycho to Clavius - Moon on June 21, 2021

Acquisition type: Lucky imaging

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The region around the craters Tycho and Clavius in the lunar southern highlands is featured in this long focal length image of the waxing gibbous moon (80% illuminated) on June 20, 2021 (June 21st in UTC).

Imaged with a C8 Evo, ZWO ADC, Baader 685nm IR pass filter, and ZWO ASI174MM. Imaging train was configured to give ~F/20 (~0.18 arcsec/pixel). Image capture using Firecapture with gain set at 250 and an exposure of 10 ms. Stacking in AutoStakkert3 (best 25% of 1000 frames). Mosaic generated from 4 images using Microsoft Image Explorer. Wavelet sharpening and histogram adjustment in Registax6.  Noise reduction and sharpening in Topax Denoise AI.

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Tycho to Clavius - Moon on June 21, 2021, JDJ

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