Fra Mauro 18th February 2005

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Fra Mauro An ancient and battered crater, Fra Mauro is about 4,000 million years old.  It is 100 km in diameter and appears to have been flooded by lava from Mare Nubium.  Parry, on the other hand, is believed to be of the same age but looks as though it may have avoided flooding (although its flat floor may indicate otherwise).  It is 50 Km in diameter and only 560 metres deep, which suggests that it has been flooded but that its walls were higher than those of Fra Mauro.   Apollo 14 landed just north of here.
The scale markers indicate approximately 100 Km north and east.
The picture was taken with my LX200 on 18th February 2005 at 20:54 UT when the Moon was 10.0 days old.
Date and Time 18th February 2005 at 20:54 UT
Camera ToUcam 740K
Telescope LX200
Capture K3CCDTools. High gamma, 1/250", 40% gain, 341 frames
Processing Registax. 122 frames stacked. Wavelets 1,2 = 10, 3 = 5
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