Craters of the Moon

Copernicius Crater:

Named after Nicolaus Copernicus, is one of the more prominent craters on the Moon. It can easily be seen by binoculars and is situated slightly northwest of the center of the Moon.  It is believed to be a very young crater and is distinguished by it large size any many bright rays pointing from it.  If you look closely you can see where debris that was ejected from the center has made elongated trails, as though the boulders bounced and rolled.  The center of Copernicus is about 93 kilometers across.   This picture was taken with my RC10" using a webcam and processing the picture with Registrix.  Seeing was 'ok' but not great.

Plato's Crater:

This is another crater that is easily identified with binoculars.  It is 67 miles in diameter and 8000 feet in depth with a dark basin.  I used my RC10" at a focal length of 2400mm and photopraphed it using a Webcam.