Clavius image question April 14th

Hi eamon

That image is the best 1000 frames out of 5000, using my "newly aquired" DMK 31AF03 Monochrome firewire camera (I am still at the "playing around with the settings" stage). I also used a red filter to increase the contrast. The scope is a CGE 11 inch SCT.

WOW !!! what a crisp Clavius you got there Steve
The two bright points within the dark shadowed area are I think two high points on the rim of deeply shadowed Porter. I have them in my sketch so that photo is very close to what I saw that evening.

Thanks Paul and Steve for a close retrospective look at this awesome lunar feature.

Tycho is your crater there for sure John, steep sides and central mountain scream Tycho

Deirdre Kelleghan
Irish Astronomical Society