These images were taken
on the 7th of April 2009 using my 150mm Newtonian telescope
with a 2x Barlow lens, using a DMK21 camera:
Tycho, Schiller, Hainzl:

Mare Humorum:
In this image you can find the Rimae Mersennius, Rima
Hippalus (very weak),

Gassendi, Sirsalis
The biggest crater in this image is the floor fractured
crater Gassendi, to the lower right of the image you can
see the Sirsalis Rille and a mouse ;-)

Kepler, Marius, Reiner
Kepler is the bright rayed crater in the upper half of
the image in the lower portion of the image you can see
the Marius Hills, a collection of volcanic domes, to the
right of the hills is Reiner Gamma a mysterious patch
of bright material that might be caused by a local magnetic
anomaly.

Herschel, Pythagoras, Babbage

Mare Marginis
Mare Marginis is the collection of dark mare material
visible near the edge of the moon in the upper left of
the image. The very bright crater at the right lower corner
is Proclus, it has a very conspicuos ray pattern which
indiciates an oblique impact.

Aristarchus, Rümker
Aristarchus is the brightest part of the moon, it is
overexposed in the image below. Right next to Aristarchus
is the Schröter Valley, a sinuous Rille. In the lower
left of the image you can see Mons Rümker sitting
right on the terminator. It is the biggest volcanic dome
on the moon.

Click on the image below to view the full resolution
version of a mosaic that is made from some of the pictures
above:
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