The Straight Wall (Rupes Recta) and Ptolemaeus, Alphonsus, Arzachel, a mineral lunar view
In the list of fun events to see on the moon, this time: The Straight Wall (Rupes Recta), with the moon at 72%, one day before my image of
the golden handleGenerally, I capture the moon in mono, but this time I also wanted to bring out the colours of the minerals, slightly giving in on sharpness, because of the colours.
Rupes Recta is a linear fault on the
Moon, in the southeastern part of the
Mare Nubium. The name is Latin for
straight cliff, although it is more commonly called the
Straight Wall. This is the most well-known
escarpment on the Moon.
When the sun illuminates the feature at an oblique angle at about day 8 of the Moon's orbit, the Rupes Recta casts a wide shadow that gives it the appearance of a steep cliff. The fault has a length of 110 km, a typical width of 2–3 km, and a height of 240–300 m. Thus although it appears to be a vertical cliff in the lunar surface, in actuality the grade of the slope is relatively shallow.
C8 EHD, UV/IR, ASI2600MC, EQ6-R Pro
AutoStakkert, PixInsight, Photoshop
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Any constructive guidance is welcome .. always looking how I can still improve on this
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