| Object/type: | Moon / Gassendi crater sunrise |
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| date/time/place: | Jul 31, 2001 / 20:10 / bangkok |
| trans'y/seeing/l-poll: | poor / fair / medium |
| telescope: | newtonian 4.5" f8.8 |
| eyepieces/power: | 6mm / 167x |
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clear central peak, its shadow cast on the crater floor, elongated in north-south. bright mountain wall, many fine details can't sketch due to poor transparency at 20:20 hrs.
Refer to text : large, shallow crater floor, rim spanning 112 km, central mountain 3,600 ft heigh. Moon