By Lou Musacchio | 2025-03-10
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Aristarchus Crater
On 03/11/2025 10:30 pm by Gwen Forrester | DeKalb County, Tennessee, USA
Aristarchus crater, 40 kilometers diameter, relatively new, at 450 million years old, and the brightest albedo feature on the moon. To the left is Vallis Schröteri, a 1-10km wide rille carved by lava flow. Herodotus crater is seen below, mostly filled in by lava. At upper right is Prinz crater, even more lava flooded, and around 3.8 billion years old.
8” f/8 Newtonian, 2.7x Barlow, ZWO ASI224mc planetary camera.
Stacked in AutoStakkert 3, sharpened in RexiStax 6
