Around Serenitatis, MARE


Date & Time: Sep 15 2011, 26:48, 26:49 JST(+0900), Record Time: 30sec. each
Mosaic of 2 flames
Optical: Kasai 20cm(7.9") Newtonian(NERO-200DX), afocal method with PanOptic 35mm eyepiece
Synthesized focal length f=2176mm (equivalent f=14790mm in 35mm film format)
Auto-guided with TAKAHASHI EM-200 Equatorial
Digital Video Camera: Canon iVIS HF-S10
Location: Hitachi city, Ibaraki pref.

Camera Settings: Mode...MXP(17Mbps), Program Auto
Lens...f=64mm (equivalent f=435mm in 35mm film format), Stop: F2.8
400 & 450 flames stacked & wavelet processed with Registax6


This is a vast and round lunar sea of Serenitatis, MARE (Sea of Serenity). The sea is surrounded on all sides by lunar mountainous ranges of Caucasus, Heamus, Apenninus (out of field of view), and Taurus, MONTES. The sea of serenity looks like a well-proportioned basin. You can hardly detect craters in Serenitatis, MARE, but a clear feature like a wrinkle (the wrinkle ridge) lies in north-south direction.

Gazetteer
Index Map
INDEXNAMECrater's Diameter
1Posidinius95km
2Hercules69km
3Atlas87km
4Eudoxus67km
5Calippus33km
6Macrobius64km
7Menelaus27km
8Bessel16km
9Linne3km
10Plinius43km
ASerenitatis, MARE-
BTaurus, MONTES-
CSomniorum, LACUS-
DCaucasus, MONTES-
EHeamus, MONTES-



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