Astrophotography

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

Gallery Mare Serenitatus

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

Gallery Pitatus Crater

The Moon's Rupes Recta. Credit: Pete Lawrence

Gallery Rupes Recta

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

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.

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

Gallery Ptolemaeus Crater

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

Gallery Proclus Crater

The Moon's Mare humorum. Credit: Pete Lawrence

Gallery Mare Humorum

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

Gallery Gassendi Crater

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

Gallery Mare Frigoris

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

Gallery Mare Crisium

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

Gallery Atlas and Hercules Craters

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

Gallery Aristillus Crater

Endymion Crater and Surrounding Area by Chris Dignan, Oxfordshire, UK. Equipment: Celestron EdgeHD 8

Gallery Endymion Crater

Crater Pythagoras by Graeme Coates, Standlake, Oxfordshire, UK. Equipment: Orion Optics SPX350, 2x barlow, ZWO ASI120MM, Astronomik 742nm Near IR filter.

Gallery Pythagoras Crater