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English: The Archimedes crater of the Moon and other features.

Archimedes is the largest crater near the center of the picture. It lies within the Mare Imbrium . The other large craters are Aristillus (to the right of Archimedes and higher, with pronounced central peak) and Autolycus (to the right and lower). At the lower right edge of the picture parts of the Montes Apenninus are visible.

Infrared image in L band centred on 3.75 micrometres. Taken with the SIRCA camera by M. Gålfalk , G. Olofsson , and H.-G. Florén . Nordic Optical Telescope , Stockholm Observatory . More images can be found here
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Author M. Gålfalk , G. Olofsson , and H.-G. Florén ; SIRCA camera
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  • 2004-09-14 04:51 Joseph Dwayne 643×456× (58280 bytes) The [[Archimedes (crater)|Archimedes crater|]] of [[the Moon]]. {{CopyrightedFreeUseProvided}} [[Nordic Optical Telescope]], [[Stockholm Observatory]]: [[M. Gålfalk]], [[G. Olofsson]], and [[H.-G. Florén]]

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