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Sunrise over Gassendi


Sunrise over Gassendi

An afocal photo taken with the Orion XT6 Dob and showing the crater Gassendi just past local sunrise (Lunar day 11). To the SW, not well photographed but prominent when viewed through the eyepiece, are the Hippalus Rilles. You can just about see the two notches through Gassendi's NE wall. Through the eyepiece I could also see the rilles I, III and IV clearly on the floor.






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