Mare Humorum
Series of short exposures through a near-infrared filtre was obtained of the waning Moon at sunrise on January 12 (at about 10 hrs UT), i.e. about 5 days before New Moon (24.3 days "old"). This image displays the Mare Humorum area in the south-east quadrant with the crater Gassendi overlapping the northern rim. Several 0.1 sec exposures were made through a near-infrared filtre (856 nm; FWHM 14 nm) with small offsets were recombined (to cover the gaps between the individual CCDs); otherwise, the image is raw.
Credit:
ESO
About the Image
| Id: | eso9903d |
| Type: | Observation |
| Release date: | 15 January 1999 |
| Related releases: | eso9903 |
| Size: | 3000 x 3492 px |
About the Object
| Name: | Mare Humorum, Moon |
| Type: | • Solar System : Planet : Satellite • X - Solar System |
Colours & filters
| Band | Wavelength | Telescope |
| Infrared Near-IR |
856 nm | MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope WFI |
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