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We only have one? , Astroavani - Avani Soares

We only have one?

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Here is a region with many interesting formations!

In the attached photo you can see the hills north of Appeninus well as the southern Caucasus Mountains, Mon Hadley, and even Promontorium Fresnel Fresnel Rimae are easily visible.

But what really interests us in this photo?

What matters for us Brazilians is a small crater to the left of that accounts for the Fresnel Promontorium suggestive name "Santos Dumont"!

This crater with just 9 km in diameter is only the moon was named a fellow.

Until recently, no more than 10 or 15 years, these make a photo of Santos Dumont in Brazil was unthinkable for a simple amateur astrophotographer. This required large openings instruments only accessible to professional observatories, so that the first Brazilian to achieve photograph it clearly still in time for the film emulsion was our colleague Nelson Travnik using the great German bezel, single CASteinheil in the country, belonging to the Centre Astronomical Piracicaba, this just in on September 20, 1996.

Since then, fortunately much has changed!

The telescopes have become more accessible, affordable and improved optics. Came the technique of CCD and CMOS photo and then the jump was fantastic.

Currently any amateur with reasonable resources can get a pic as exposed below!

Editing and text: Avani Soares

Stacking: 126 frames with AS 2!

Processing: Photofiltre and Irfan

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We only have one? , Astroavani - Avani Soares