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Ptolemaeus, Alphonsus, Arzachel and Rupes Recta, Jairo Amaral

Ptolemaeus, Alphonsus, Arzachel and Rupes Recta

Ptolemaeus, Alphonsus, Arzachel and Rupes Recta, Jairo Amaral

Ptolemaeus, Alphonsus, Arzachel and Rupes Recta

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Mosaic showing craters Ptolemaeus, Alphonsus and Arzachel, from top to down. At the bottom of the image, there is Rupes Recta, a fault 300 m high on the east bank of Mare Nubium. And at the top left is Catena Davy, a crater chain caused by an asteroid which was fragmented before impact.

Each image was captured in 30 s at gain 615, and deconvolved with the star Spica as PSF.

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Ptolemaeus, Alphonsus, Arzachel and Rupes Recta, Jairo Amaral