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    3. The Moon

    The Moon

    Beautiful images of the Moon, including images of lunar craters, clair obscur effects, lunar maria and astrophotos showing the terminator creeping across the Moon's jagged surface.

    The lumps, bumps, rilles and ancient craters of Crater Gutenberg are particularly rich to examine when the Sun is low
    The Moon

    A guide to the Moon’s crater Gutenberg

    An image of a glowing orange full Moon rising through the clouds.
    The Moon

    Gallery Harvest Moon

    Mare Serenitatis & Posidonius Crater by David Burr, Wimborne, UK. Equipment: Canon Eos 550d, Williams Optics 120mm Refractor
    The Moon

    Gallery Mare Serenitatus

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    Take a close look at Pitatus’s rim: there is a curious rille running around much of the inside of it. Credit: Pete Lawrence
    The Moon

    Gallery Pitatus Crater

    The Moon's Rupes Recta. Credit: Pete Lawrence
    The Moon

    Gallery Rupes Recta

    Moon by Ronald Piacenti Junior, Brasilia, DF, Brazil. Equipment: Celestron C6, HEQ5 Pro mount, Expanse ASI 120 MC CMOS camera
    The Moon

    Gallery Mare Imbrium and Sinus Iridium

    Archimedes by Mick Nicholls, Sheffield, UK. Equipment: Skywatcher MAK180 Pro Maksutov, ZWO ASI120MM CCD, HEQ5 Pro Synscan goto mount.
    The Moon

    Gallery Archimedes Crater

    Ptolemaeus, Alphoneus and Albategnius by Houssem Ksontini, Tunis, Tunisia. Equipment: Skywatcher 150/750, Neq3-2 mount (RA motorised), ASI224MC, IR cut filter, Barlow x3
    The Moon

    Gallery Ptolemaeus Crater

    Crater Proclus by Fernando Oliveira De Menezes, Sao Paulo, Brazil. Equipment: C11 edge HD, So 290mc, IR Filter PASS 685
    The Moon

    Gallery Proclus Crater

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    The Moon's Mare humorum. Credit: Pete Lawrence
    The Moon

    Gallery Mare Humorum

    Crater Gassendi, as seen by the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter. Credit: NASA (image by Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter) - JMARS
    The Moon

    Gallery Gassendi Crater

    Mare Frigoris, from J.Herschel to Goldschmidt by Dave Finnigan, Halesowen, W. Midlands, UK. Equipment: 8
    The Moon

    Gallery Mare Frigoris

    The Moon’s Mare Crisium, captured with a GPCAM 290C, using a stack of 587 frames. Credit: Paul Money
    The Moon

    Gallery Mare Crisium

    Atlas and Hercules by Fernando Oliveira De Menezes, Sao Paulo, Brazil. Equipment: C11 Edge, Powermate 2.5x, ASI 290mc
    The Moon

    Gallery Atlas and Hercules Craters

    The region around the Moon's Aristillus Crater. Credit: Pete Lawrence
    The Moon

    Gallery Aristillus Crater

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