Alphonsus and Friends

The three large craters from top to bottom are Ptolemaeus, Alphonsus, and Arzachel. Rupes Recta (aka the Straight Wall) can be seen in the lower left corner. This shot is from a twenty-one day moon taken at f/20. It is an eleven frame mosaic.

Date:	3/24/2003
Location:	Gastonia, NC
Optics:	C8, 4000mm f/20
Exposure:	10ms
Camera:	SBIG ST-5C
Mount:	Losmandy G11