Around Apenninus, MONTES


Date & Time: Mar 15 2008, 20:05 JST(+0900), 1/2sec. 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 is a close-up image around the Apenninus, MONTES forming the southeast edge of Imbrium, MARE. The range has been stretched from northeast to southwest, we can appreciate and enjoy complicated topography. The southern side of range have some paralleling valleys like the Bradley, RIMA or Hadley, RIMA.

Gazetteer
Index Map
INDEXNAMECrater's Diameter
1Archimedes83km
AApenninus, MONTES-
BImbrium, MARE-
CPutredinis, PALUS-
DLand. point of APOLLO 15 (Jul 30 '71) USA



Plato & Alpes, VALLIS
Around Archimedes

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