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Crater Plato and its surroundings 21.05.21

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Crater Plato and its surroundings 21.05.21
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Moon, craters: Plato, Cassini, Bliss, Piazzi-Smith, Kirch, Trouvelot, Egede, Protagoras, Archytas, Timaeus, Epigenes, Aristillus; Mountains: Alps, Straight Range, Teneriffe. Date of capture: 21.05.21 Time: UT +3; 20:41 Location: Mikhailovsk city, 5th-floor loggia; Apparent diameter: 32' 30.24" Magnitude: -11.69 Moon altitude above horizon: 50° Azimuth: 192° Waxing phase: 9.4 days; Illuminated: 70.8% of the visible lunar surface Distance from Earth to Moon: 0.002457 AU (367,505 km) Equipment: Telescope: SW 150/750 EQ5 OnStep Camera: ZWO ASI462MC Filter: ZWO UV/IR CUT Barlow lens: Svbony 3x Video: 133 seconds, 6000 frames. Stacking: 200 frames out of 6000. Software: FireCapture (Gain: 30 (5%), Exposure: 20.08ms, FPS: 44, Resolution: 1936x1096) / AutoStakkert3 / Astra Image 3.0SI / Photoshop CC 2015 Video link: https://youtu.be/Qe-_C4WkGpo

Technical information

Telescope/Lens
Sky-Watcher 150/750
Camera
ZWO ASI462MC
Mount
Sky-Watcher EQ5 (OnStep)
Accessories
SVBONY 3x Barlow, ZWO UV/IR-Cut Filter
Software
FireCapture, AutoStakkert!, Astra Image 3.0SI, Adobe Photoshop CC 2015
Location
Mikhailovsk, Russia
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