| NOTES |
DATE:
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Sunday,
October 16, 2005 |
TIME:
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12:21
am EDT |
CAMERA:
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Phillips
ToUcam Pro (640x480) with Baader Planetarium IR-Pass Filter
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LOCATION:
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Owl
Observatory - Kalamazoo
Nature Center
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INSTRUMENT:
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Meade
12"
f/10 LX200 Schmidt-Cassegrain |
PROCESSING:
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Images
acquired with K3CCDTools. RegiStax 3.0 aligned and stacked
14 of 601 images. Wavelet filters adjusted with RegiStax.
Further enhancements made
with Adobe Photoshop 7.0. |
COMMENTS:
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The
largest crater in this image is named for the German mathematician and
astronomer Wilhelm Schickard (1592-1635). He was the first to
attempt to determine the path of a meteor by simultaneous observations
from different locations. Schickard Crater has a vast walled
plain with a partially flooded floor. It measures 227 km (141
miles) in diameter.
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![[Schickard Crater]](images/moon/schickard.jpg)