Apennine Mountains Region

The image shows in detail one of the most beautiful regions of the Moon. The image quality with the shadows of the elevations presents a 3D aspect, giving a feeling of real life.

Highlighted are the craters Eratosthenes (on the left), Archimedes (top) and Santos-Dumont (small, on the right), in addition to the landing site (1971) of Apollo 15 (to the left of the Santos-Dumont crater).

SCT 11” telescope (Celestron C11 XLT), Baader IR685nm filter; ZWO ASI 290MM camera, Celestron Advanced GT mount. Programs: FireCapture, AutoStakkert!3, Affinitty Photo and IrfanView.

Autore: Natan Fontes (sito)