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Lunar Alps This picture shows Plato in its setting in the Lunar Alps. The Alpine Valley, a broad valley running approximately east-west, can be seen near the centre of this picture.
The picture was taken with a ToUcam attached to my LX200 on 2nd January 2004, when the Moon was 10.4 days old.
Date and Time 2nd January 2004 19:21 UT
Camera ToUcam 740K
Telescope LX200 at prime focus
Capture K3CCDTools. High gamma, 1/500", 20% gain, 315 frames
Processing Registax. 121 frames stacked. Wavelet 1-2 = 5 
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