The following images were made using a sony Hi8 handycam through the 32 mm eye piece with a 2.5 times barlow lens with a 1500 mm. 10" primary mirror giving a magnification of about 250 times. All were taken 4/27/96. They were manipulated using Photoshop. South is up. West is to the right.

The crater Clavius showing Rutherfurd (upper left wall), Porter (lower left wall). The bowl-craters Clavius D,C,N and J (from largest to smallest - left to right) and many smaller craters down to about 2 miles in diameter can be seen speckeling the crater floor.

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Copernicus shows its central peaks and the terraces of its walls.

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The central crater is Plato surrounded by Montes Alps, Mare Frigoris and Mare Imbrium.

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