Registax. Eratosthenes and Sinus Aestuum Center Moon craters seen through the telescope.

228 frames, in Registax.

175 frames, in Registax.

279 frames, in Registax.

1 frames, in Registax.

These images contain a larger area of the center region of the Moon. We observe the whole Sinus Aestuum plateau, crater Eratosthenes (58 km) at north, ghost crater Stadius (69 km) with its the row of satellite craters, and the southern part of Montes Apenninus with their southern extremity arched toward Eratosthenes crater.

Eratosthenes is beautifully lit here letting be seen the peaks on the center of its floor.
In some images, color shades and tones may be clearly identifiable on Mare Imbrium and Sinus Aestuum. These are materialized like white strips in contrast with the dark land of these basins.

Images in this article are the result of processing a video in Registax program which compressed multiple frames to give a single image.

228 frames, in Registax.

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

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

Posted in: Craters-Eratosthenes and Sinus Aestuum,Craters-Stadius,Gallery-Registax