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Fra Mauro
Remains of a walled plain whose centre is intersected by longitudinal clefts
East of Mare Insularum and Mare Cognitum
2020
Messier 65
Also catalogued as NGC3623
35MLy away in Leo
Part of the “Leo triplet”
10.25 apparent magnitude
NGC 2438
Planetary nebula in Puppis
2900ly away
10.8 Apparent magnitude
1.1’ in apparent size
Palomar 4
Globular Cluster in Ursa Major
At least 65,000ly away, further than SagDEG satellite galaxy.
Originally believed to be a dwarf galaxy named “Ursa Major Dwarf”
Crater Aristoteles
Impact creator on the southern edge of Mare Frigoris
87km in diameter
3.3km deep