Gassendi

20:45 2/2/2004 UTC

Gassendi is a beautiful sight. It has a central mountains which climbs over a 1km high. The diameter of this round formation is about 115km. This image shows also a whole Mare humorum featuring its small craterlets in its flat floor. The prominent crater in the top of the image is Mersenius. North is right in this image.

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Camera: Canon PowerShot A70 digital camera | Telescope: TAL-1 110mm f7.3 Newtonian reflector, Orion Shorty Plus 2x Barlow | Mount: Orion Skyview Pro | Filters: Baader IR/UV block | Exposure: 1/13s f4.8 | Software: Registax, GIMP