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The First First quarter Moon, Jonathan C Nicholls

The First First quarter Moon

Acquisition type: Lucky imaging
The First First quarter Moon, Jonathan C Nicholls

The First First quarter Moon

Acquisition type: Lucky imaging

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The First, First-quater moon of 2021 at 39% illuminated.

This Photo of the first first-quarter moon of 2021 and was taken through my 200mm Newtonian Reflector Telescope with a x2 Barlow lens to give 2000mm focal length with my Lumix GM1 Mirroless Camera attached. I then took 5 photos of the moon to capture all of the moons surface in detail and then used Microsoft ICE software to stitch the mosaic together.

The basins of Mare Tranquillitatas, (Sea of Tranquillity) and Mare Serenitatis are both poking out of the moon's terminator line and the sites of both Apollo 11 and 17 landings are also within those basins.

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The First First quarter Moon, Jonathan C Nicholls