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Community photo entitled Plato Crater & Surroundings by Michael Terhune on 08/04/2026 at Lunenburg MA, USA

Plato Crater & Surroundings

On 08/04/2026 04:30 am by Michael Terhune | Website | Lunenburg MA, USA

This is a very detailed view of the moon captured through my telescope a few days ago showing the 63 mile wide Crater Plato, as well as the surrounding area of mountains and lava lakes! Its really so beautiful seeing the moon up close! The smallest crater in this image is only about 1.5 miles wide!

Celestron Edge HD 8", ZWO 224 mc, 2x Barlow, Tracking mount, UV/IR cut filter.

Stacked in Autostakkert, sharpened using wavelets in Registax and final edits done in Photoshop.