Around Bullialdus


Date & Time: Apr 29 2004, 20:37 JST(+0900), 1/3sec. Exp.
Optical: TAKAHASHI 12.5cm(4.9") fluorite refractor, afocal method with LV5mm eyepiece
Synthesized focal length f=4260mm (equivalent f=21000mm in 35mm film format)
Auto-guided with VIXEN ATLUX Equatorial
Digital Camera: OLYMPUS C-5050Z
Location: Ooizumi vil., Yamanashi pref.

Camera Settings: Mode.....SHQ (2560×1920, high-quality JPEG format)
Lens.....f=21.3mm (equivalent f=105mm in 35mm film format), Stop: F2.6
CCD sensitivity.....ISO400, White Balance.....Auto


This shot is a close-up of the Nubium, MARE (Sea of Cloud) spread in south east of Moon. A central isolated crater is Bullialdus with a diameter of about 34km. Nubium, MARE is considered that the depth of lava is fairly shallow, you can see many ghost craters that has only the rim of them above the lunar surface distributed in it. The craters of Kies in south of Bullialdus or Lubiniezky in northern neighbor are typical examples of ghost craters.


Gazetteer
Index Map
INDEXNAMECrater's Diameter
1Bullialdus34km
2Lubiniezky55km
3Kies44km
4Mercator47km
5Wolf25km
6Hesiodus43km
7Pitatus97km
ANubium, MARE-
BEpidemiarum, PALUS-



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