Schickard, Nasmyth and Phocylides craters (2/5/2023)

[NenoVento]

Hi all,

This fat crater on the bottom left is Schickard, which Wikipedia tells me is 227km in diameter and 1.5km deep. But what caught my attention last night to make this capture were the dramatic shadows happening in the craters that are further south (Nasmyth and Phocylides).

The gear:

• Sky-Watcher Skymax 180 PRO
• RB Focus Merlin 3.0
• Optolong IR685
• Risingcam GPCMOS02000KMA
• Sky-Watcher HEQ5

The software:

• CdC
• FireCapture 
• Autostakkert 
• RegiStax 
• The Gimp 

Thanks for looking,

NV

[Mr Spock]

Lovely detailed image 👍

[Roy Foreman]

Very nice. I have a skymax 180 and it really punches above its weight for Luna work, as does yours it seems.

[NenoVento]

Hi @Roy Foreman, yes, It is a mighty beast :-).