Montes Apenninus

 Lunar Landscape

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The Montes Apenninus is a rugged mountain range

600km in length with peaks over 5km high

 located on the Northern part of the moon.

To the South East is the Mare Imbrium

and to the  North West lies the Terra Nivium region. 

The Apollo 15 Lunar Mission landed in the

Hadley Valley within this mountain range.

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Imaging Scope : Custom Made 16inch Dobsonian

Focal Length = 1770mm

Imaging Camera : Canon EOS 350 DSLR

Unguided

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3 x 2 second exposures at ISO 800

Meade Moon Filter Used

Baldrine, Isle of Man, British Isles.

01:27 on 21/10/2007