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Clavius crater, Terry Robison
Clavius crater, Terry Robison

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Clavius is one of the largest and oldest crater formations on the surface of the Moon that faces us. It was formed during the Nectarian period about 4 billion years ago and is located in the rugged southern highlands of the Moon, to the south of the prominent ray crater Tycho.

This image was taken with a Celestron 14 inch Schmidt-Cassegrain, (focal length of 3910 mm). The camera used was an ASI 290MM monochrome using the lucky imaging technique. The diameter of Clavius is 231 km across, and 3.5 km deep.

Image Date 2020-07-30 at 22:20 local time (Australian Eastern Standard Time).

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Clavius crater, Terry Robison