Walther crater on the Moon.

This is the crater Walther, filmed on March 10, 2014 through an astronomical telescope with a video camera attached. The image is upside down as seen through the telescope.

Walther is a messy crater, like many others situated to the south of the Moon. This crater has a relatively large depth of 4100 meters.


The name is given from Walther Bernhard (June 19th 1430 - 1504) who was a German humanist and astronomer from Nuremberg. He, together with Regiomontanus (which also has a crater on the moon with his name) built an observatory.

Imagine pentru orientare din 30 martie 2012.

Moon Age: 9.05 days
Phase: 70.5% (0% = New, 100% = Full)
Distance: 399.221 km

Optics: Celestron C8-Newtonian telescope, 20mm Plossl, 2x barlow
Mount: CG5 (EQ5)
Camera: Sony CX130
Filter: no
Date: 10/03/2014
Location: Baia Mare, Romania
Processing: FastStone Image Viewer

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