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Image taken 23 August 2007

Equipment - Peltier cooled C14 and Lumenera Skynyx 2-0

Good seeing conditions

Crater Tycho is located in the southern highlands. It has a diameter of 85 km and is 4.8 km deep. Named after famous astronomer Tycho Brahe. The crater has lots of terracing down to the basin floor, with a large central peak.