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Pitatus is a large crater on the southern shores of the Mare Nubium. It is approximately 100 Km
in diameter and has quite low walls, riddled with smaller craters. There is an interesting valley
through the western wall communicating with Hesiodus. The two craters are believed to be about the same
age at 3,900 million years. The scale marks in the top right-hand corner indicate, very approximately, 50 Km north and east. The picture was taken using my LX200 with a X2 adaptor lens on 7th October 2004 at 03:43 UT when the Moon was 22.8 days old. |
| Date and Time | 7th October 2004 03:43 UT | Camera | ToUcam 740K | Telescope | LX200 with X2 adaptor lens | Capture | K3CCDTools. High gamma, 1/50", 30% gain, 314 frames | Processing | Registax. 94 frames stacked. Wavelet 1-3 = 10 |
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