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Albategnius An 82 mile diameter crater with a central mountain. Located next to the well
  known trio of Ptolemaeus, Alphonsus, and Arzachel. Meade 8" LX90 @ f/25. DMK 21AF04
  monochrome firewire camera. 09/03/2007.
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Archimedes & Rima Hadley A well known crater with a diameter of 50 miles. It lies on the edge of Mare
Imbrium. The steep terraced walls at the edge of the crater are about 6500 feet high. Meade
8" LX90 @ f/25. DMK 21AF04 monochrome firewire camera. 09/03/2007.
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Aristoteles & Eudoxus Aristoteles is an impressive lunar crater 53 miles across. The smaller crater attached on the right
in this image is Mitchell. A wealth of small craterlets can be seen around the vicinity of these two
craters. Meade 8" LX90 @ f/25. DMK 21AF04 firewire camera. 10/01/2007.
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Arzachel Southernmost crater of the well known trio, which includes Ptolemaeus and
Alphonsus. This remarkable crater is 59 miles in diameter with a central mountain 4500 ft. high.
Arzachel A, the large craterlet on the floor of the main crater is 6 miles across. Meade 8"
LX90 @ f/25. DMK 21AF04 monochrome firewire camera. 09/13/2006.
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Cassini This crater is 35 miles across. It lies on the northeastern edge of Mare Imbrium. The two
main craterlets on it's floor are Cassini A, which is 10 miles across and Cassini B, which is 5 miles
in diameter. A small rille can also be seen on the main crater floor. Meade 8" LX90 @ f/25.
DMK 41AF02.AS monochrome firewire camera. 10/31/2007.
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Clavius Arguably the most well known Lunar crater. Located in the rugged southern highlands
region of the Moon. It is 136 miles in diameter and has two large craters bordering it's rim.
Rutherford to the top left edge of Clavius is 32 miles across and Porter on the bottom left is about
the same size. Meade 8" LX90 @ f/25. DMK 41AF02.AS monochrome firewire camera. 10/31/2007.
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Copernicus A very well known crater. With a diameter of 56 miles and terraced walls stretching
up over 11,000 ft, Copernicus is one of the most impressive craters on the Lunar surface.
Meade 8" LX90 @ f/25. DMK 41AF02.AS monochrome firewire camera. 08/23/2008.
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Eratosthenes A 35 mile wide crater located on the southern end on the Appenine Mountains and
located just east of Copernicus. Meade 8" LX90 @ f/25. Phillips ToUcam 840. 08/27/2005.
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Gassendi Located on the northern edge of Mare Humorum. It is 67 miles across and is filled
with many rilles, hills and craterlets. In the center is a double mountain 3600 ft. high. Meade 8"
LX90 @ f/25. Phillips ToUcam 840. 11/12/2005.
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Heraclitus & Licetus A pair of craters located in the southern highlands region of the Moon.
Heraclitus is 55 miles across, has a central crest and large crater(Heraclitus D)near the top of
this image giving it the appearence of a ladybug. Licetus, located below Heraclitus is 45 miles
in diameter. Together they form an impressive formation. Meade 8" LX90 @ f/25. DMK 21AF04
monochrome firewire camera. 09/13/2006.
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Hommel & Pitiscus Hommel, showing at the top of this image is 76 miles in diameter. It is
littered with other large craters around it's perimeter. Pitiscus (bottom) is 50 miles wide and has
a craterlet near it's center measuring 6 miles across. These craters reside in the southern highlands
region of the Lunar surface which has an abundance of well known impact craters. Meade 8"
LX90 @ f/25. Phillips ToUcam 840. 09/22/05.
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Maurolycus Another crater of the southern highlands. It is 69 miles across. Many small
craterlets and interesting formations can be seen in this crater. Meade 8" LX90 @ f/25. DMK
21AF04 monochrome firewire camera. 10/01/2007.
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Moretus Located southeast of Clavius, Moretus is in the far south of the southern highlands.
It has a diameter of 69 miles with a central peak of 8100 ft. Just above Moretus in this image
is the crater short with a diameter of 30 miles. Meade 8" LX90 @ f/25. DMK 21AF04
monochrome firewire camera. 09/03/2007.
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Plato Located on the northern edge of Mare Imbrium, Plato is one of the most well known Lunar
craters. It is 61 miles wide with a fairly smooth floor covered with small craterlets, a few of which
can be seen in this image. Meade 8" LX90 @ f/25. DMK 41AF02.AS monochrome firewire camera.
10/31/2007.
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Posidonius Located at the northeast end of Mare Serenitatis (The Sea of Serenity). It is 58 miles
wide and filled with many rilles and interesting formations. It is very similar in appearence to
Gassendi. Meade 8" LX90 @ f/25. Phillips ToUcam 840. 09/22/2005.
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Rima Hyginus This is a large rille located east of the "Sea of Tranquility". It is about 133 miles
in length and 2 miles wide. Below Hyginus in the image is the rille system Rimae Triesnecker, of
which only a portion is showing. Meade 8" LX90 @ f/25. DMK 21AF04 monochrome firewire
camera. 09/13/2006.
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Rupes Recta Also known as the Straight Wall, this formation is about 67 miles long and about
300 to 900 ft. high. It is located just southwest of Arzachel. Rupes Recta has the appearence of
a sabre. Meade 8" LX90 @ f/25. DMK 21AF04 monochrome firewire camera. 10/14/2006.
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Schiller This odd shaped crater is thought to be the fusion of two craters or from a low-angled
meteorite impact. It is 108 miles long and 43 miles wide. Schiller is located in the southern
highlands. Meade 8" LX90 @ f/25. DMK 21AF04 monochrome firewire camera. 04/09/2006.
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Stofler & Faraday Two impact craters located in the southern highlands. Stofler, the large
crater at the right of this image is 76 miles wide, Faraday (left) is 42 miles wide. They are located
just west of Maurolycus. Meade 8" LX90 @ f/25. DMK 21AF04 monochrome firewire camera.
09/13/2006.
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Theophilus, Cyrillus & Catharina These craters are located on the northwest side of Mare Nectaris.
Theophillis (top) is 61 miles in diameter and has a central mountain 4200 ft. high. Cyrillus (bottom)
is 59 miles across. Meade 8" LX90 @ f/25. DMK 21AF04 firewire camera. 10/01/2007.
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Tycho An impressive crater located in the southern highlands. It is 52 miles wide and the
mountain in center of Tycho is 4500 ft. high. It's terraced walls rise almost 15,000 ft above
the floor of the crater. Meade 8" LX90 @ f/25. DMK 21AF04 monochrome firewire camera.
09/03/2007.
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Tycho  This image of Tycho was taken at a longer effective focal length than the one above and
  a month earlier. Some very good details can be seen on the crater floor. Meade 8" LX90 @ f/35.
  DMK 21AF04 monochrome firewire camera. 10/14/2006.
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Vallis Alpes Located southeast of Plato. Also known as the Alpine Valley, it is about 79 miles
long and 7 miles wide. It has a rille running down the middle of the valley which is about 3/8 mile
wide. This rille can just be detected in the image and it is a high resolution test for an 8" aperture.
Meade 8" LX90 @ f/25. DMK21AF04 monochrome firewire camera. 11/11/2006.
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Walter An interesting crater, Walter is located in the southern highlands as are most of the
Moon best craters. It is about 85 miles wide and has many craterlets on the main crater floor.
Meade 8" LX90 @ f/25. DMK 21AF04 monochrome firewire camera. 09/03/2007.
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Rima Hadley This is an image of the Hadley Rille, the landing site of Apollo 15. The rille is about 48 miles long and 2 miles
wide. The craterlet in the center of the rille is called Hadley C. Meade 8" LX90 @ f/25. DMK 21AF04 monochrome
firewire camera. 09/13/2006. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Longomontanus A large crater in the southern highlands just northwest of Clavius. It is 88 miles in diameter and shows many small
craterlets on it floor and is second in size to Clavius of the craters in this area. Meade 8" LX90 @ f/25. DMK 21AF04 monochrome
firewire camera. 10/14/2006.
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Rima Ariadaeus This is a linear rille on the Moon, east of Rima Hyginus. It is about 133 miles long and 4 miles wide.
Meade 8" LX90 @ f/25. DMK 21AF04 monochrome firewire camera. 11/11/2006.
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Werner, Aliacensus & Apianus Located east of Walter, these craters which are between 65 to 80 miles accross form an impressive trio. Meade 8" LX90 @ f/25. DMK 21AF04 monochrome firewire camera.