Plato-Alpine Valley 22-05-10

[Nick Smith]

Hi Chaps

Here is one from the 22nd May. The Moon was very low down (32 degrees), but the seeeing was fairly good

Cheers

Nick

[zhgutas]

Never ceases to amaze me.. Brilliant as usual, Nick..

Marius

[molecub]

A real pleasure exploring all that detail. Love the crater rim shadows in Plato.

Bruce

[brianb]

Nice work Nick!

[Clayton]

Very nice! Great detail.

[johnh]

Beautifully smooth image and I do like the Tenerife islands and the mountains around Vallis Alpes.

John.

[Moonshane]

brilliant image. you've given us all some more Plato craterlets to have a look for to test our collimation, optics and eyesight!!

[Nick Smith]

Thanks chaps, I appreciate the comments

Nick

[davidscanlan]

Wow...great work :-)

[kris h]

Great image nick

Does anybody know how big that crater is

[Tim]

Love those craterlets front left and centre.

[Gadget]

Great image nick

Does anybody know how big that crater is

I think the crater is around 100k/m across and the little craterlets very between 2k and 10k i have been trying to spot the craterlets for a while now but still no luck,But to see them in such a fantastic image makes me even more determined

Kev

[astropete]

one of my favorate areas of the moon, and thanks to your pics i can see why. excellent pic, when did they allow passengers on moon flights, thats how clear the pic is. thank you for sharing.

[Nick Smith]

Thanks again guys. Here is a link for those who are interested in the craterlet sizes:

http://the-moon.wikispaces.com/Plato+craterlets

Cheers

Nick

[Space Cowboy]

Awesome!