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Montes Apenninus

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The mountain range "Montes Apenninus" is located on the Moon near the "Mare Imbrium". It formed 3.9 billion years ago and there are several named mountains within the mountain range. Near the "Mons Haldey" Apollo 15 landed in 1971 and the astronauts spent 3 days on the lunar surface. 

Setup
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Telescope / Camera Lens
OOUK VX8 Newton

Camera
ZWO ASI 183MM Pro

Mount
Skywatcher EQ6R-pro

Filter
Astronomik Red

Integration Time
a few seconds

Date
12. January 2022

Comments
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Type of Main Object
Mountain Range on the Lunar surface

Constellation
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Observation Site
Goldau, CH
Bortle Class 4

annotated
normal
Apollo 15 Rover, in the Background is Mons Hadley (Source: Wikipedia)
Image taken from Apollo 15 flying over Mons Hadley (Source: Wikipedia)
Landing site of Apollo 15, annotated by Nasa (Source Wikipedia)

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