Around Archimedes


Date & Time: Mar 15 2008, 20:03 JST(+0900), 1/3sec. Exp.
Optical: TAKAHASHI 12.5cm(4.9") fluorite, afocal method with Televue Radian4mm eyepiece
Synthesized focal length f=5725mm (equivalent f=27500mm in 35mm film format)
Auto-guided with VIXEN ATLUX Equatorial
Digital Camera: OLYMPUS C-5060WZ
Location: Ooizumi , Hokuto city, Yamanashi pref.

Camera Settings: Mode.....SHQ (2592×1944 12bit CCD-RAW, converted to 16bit TIFF)
Lens.....f=22.9mm (equivalent f=110mm in 35mm film format), Stop: F4.8
CCD sensitivity.....ISO400, White Balance.....Auto


This image shows you a close-up of three medium crates at a plain between Nebularum, PALUS and Putredinis, PALUS. The crater of Archimedes has been filled with lava. By contrast the Aristyllus has several central peaks, we can recognize that these two craters were created very different period.

Gazetteer
Index Map
INDEXNAMECrater's Diameter
1Archimedes83km
2Autolycus39km
3Aristyllus55km
ANebularum, PALUS-
BPutredinis, PALUS-
CApenninum, MONTES-
DCaucasus, MONTES-
ELand. point of LUNA 2 (Sep 13 '59) USSR
FLand. point of APOLLO 15 (Jul 30 '71) USA



Around Apenninum, MONTES
Apenninus, MONTES & Archimedes

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