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Mare Humorum, rdk_CA

Mare Humorum

Acquisition type: Lucky imaging
Mare Humorum, rdk_CA

Mare Humorum

Acquisition type: Lucky imaging

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Image of Mare Humorum, obtained on June 2, with the moon roughly 35 degrees above the horizon (at roughly midnight Pacific Time.) The moon was approximately 91% illuminated at this point. The final image is a composite of 6 different shots, each compiled from 10,000 frames (stacking the best 25% of them.) The weather was clear, but hot and muggy here in the Bay Area, and seeing was below average at best.

I originally had more area of the moon covered in this composite image (or so I thought.) I then realized that I had a tiny rectangular gap in the area covered by my various shots. This hobby is definitely unforgiving at times!

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Mare Humorum, rdk_CA