Other Libration Zones: Page 1: The South East Page 3: The North East Page 4: The West Page 5: The North West
Move your mouse over the picture to see the names of the various craters.
Click on the links given to see closer pictures of some of the better-displayed features.
This is the whole of the eastern libration zone taken when the libration was particularly favourable for the east-north-east (7° 22' in longitude and 2° 56' in latitude, indicated by the large arrow). It is a mosaic of 17 images made when the Moon was 6.6 days old. The picture here has been reduced to 25% of the size of the original. Mare Humboldtianum and Mare Marginis are particularly well displayed.
Date and Time: 9th June 2008 19:41 to 20:12 UT
Camera: Atik 1HS
Telescope: LX200 at prime focus
Capture: K3CCDTools. low gamma, 1/250", 33% gain, ~310 frames each
Processing: Registax. Most frames stacked. Histogram stretched as necessary for each image, wavelets 1-2=10 Home Back to Moon