Around Copernicus & Kepler

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Date & Time:	Sep 21 2000, 26:37 JST(+0900), 1/2sec. Exp.
Optical:	VIXEN 20cm(7.9") VISAC, afocal method with LV25mm eyepiece
	Synthesized focal length f=1375mm (equivalent f=7560mm in 35mm film format)
	Auto-guided with TAKAHASHI EM-200 Equatorial
Digital Camera:	OLYMPUS C-2020Z
Location:	Kokubunji city, Tokyo

Camera Settings:	Mode.....SHQ (1600 x 1200, high-quality JPEG format)
	Lens.....f=19.1mm (equivalent f=105mm in 35mm film format), Stop: F2.8
	CCD sensitivity.....ISO100, White Balance.....Auto

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This is a wide field image captured around central region of Moon. You can detect an isolated and marvelous crater of Copernicus clearly in center of this picture. And Imbrium and Nubium, MARES are spread out in north and south of the crater, respectively. In west of Copernicus, a small but fairly bright crater of Kepler is positioned. Although the crater has a diameter of only 30km or so, it has clear rays on the outskirts. You can see the crater clearly even in lunar age of full Moon.

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Gazetteer

	INDEX	NAME	Crater's Diameter
	1	Copernicus	93km
	2	Kepler	32km
	3	Reinhold	48km
	4	Lambert	30km
	5	Timocharis	34km
	6	Euler	28km
	7	Pytheas	20km
	8	Eratosthenes	58km
	9	Fra Mauro	95km
	10	Parry	48km
	11	Bonpland	60km
	12	Lansberge	39km
	13	Aristarchus	40km
	A	Imbrium, MARE	-
	B	Procellarum, Ocean	-
	C	Nubium, MARE	-
	D	Riphaeus, MENTES	-
	E	Ural, MONTES	-
	F	Carpathus, MONTES	-

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Around Copernicus & Apenninus, MONTES

Around Copernicus Crater

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