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Clavius Crater, Bruce Rohrlach

Clavius Crater

Clavius Crater, Bruce Rohrlach

Clavius Crater

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Clavius Crater - the second largest crater on the near-side of the moon (225 km wide) under quite good observing conditions tonight. The crater is named after Christopher Clavius, a 16th century German Jesuit astronomer and mathematician who designed the Gregorian calendar which most of the world uses today.

This is a test of a ProPlanet IR 642 BP IR-Pass filter which excludes all light below wavelengths of 642 nano-metres (i.e. blocks all visible light) and only passes Infra-Red light (642-842nm), a longer wavelength which is not as prone to atmospheric distortion, resulting in steadier seeing and cleaner lunar imagary. Happy with this filter.

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Clavius Crater, Bruce Rohrlach