Astronomy Adventure – Craters Plato And Clavius
The large crater Plato dominates the center of this photo and the division of the Mare Imbrium and the Mare Frigoris. Cape Laplace can be seen as the promontory at the center bottom and the mountains in the Mare Imbrium in between Plato and Laplace are the Montes Recti and Montes Teneriffe.
Crater Clavius, with the four smaller craters inside, is in the center right of this phots. Below it are the craters Scheiner and Blancanus.
Technical details:
Scope: Starblast 4.5; tracking on
Magnification: ~140x
Camera: iPhone6 using NightCap Pro; ISO 32;