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Moon Center Terminator at 18 Days 10 Hours

The above image is resized to one half of the Nikon Coolpix 990 camera resolution and cropped to 528 x 768 pixels. Complete moon view at 18 Days 9 Hours old.

Moon Information
Age of Moon: 18 days, 10 hours, 42 minutes
Moon phase: 85% (0% = New, 100% = Full)
Mare Tranquillitatis is top center.
Mare Nectaris is in the center. Theophilus crater is at the 10 O'clock position on the edge of Mare Nectaris.
Sinus Asperitat is connects Mare Tranquillitatis to Mare Nectaris.
A Tycho ray extends from the lower left corner up to the lower left edge of Mare Nectaris.
Craters as small as 6.5 km (Moltke) are easily seen on this image.
Mountain range Rupes Altai is in the center of the image and runs diagonally across the Tycho ray.
Nikon Coolpix 990 Photo Information
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CAMERA : E990V1.1
METERING : MATRIX
MODE : M
SHUTTER : 1/30sec
APERTURE : F4.0
EXP +/- : 0.0
FOCAL LENGTH : f23.4mm(X1.0)
IMG ADJUST : STANDARD
SENSITIVITY : ISO100
WHITEBAL : SUNNY
SHARPNESS : HIGH
DATE : 2002.12.23 04:01
QUALITY : FULL FINE


Image processing with JASC Inc. Paint Shop Pro Version 7.04
Split RGB, image process green only, discard red and blue
Image, Sharpen, Unsharpen Mask
Image, Sharpen, Unsharpen Mask
Nose, Edge Perserving Smooth
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Adjust with curves
Resized
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Crop

Imaging Equipment Configuration
Nikon Coolpix 990 Digital Camera afocal coupled to a ScopeTronix, Inc. STWA18 Wide Angle 18mm Eyepiece/Adapter with a Tele Vue 2X Barlow on an Orion Telescopes & Binoculars ShortTube™ achromatic 80mm aperture refractor, f/5 focal ratio, 400 mm focal length (800 mm focal length with 2X Barlow).

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