Around Medii, SINUS


Date & Time: Mar 15 2008, 20:00 JST(+0900), 1/15sec. Exp.
Optical: TAKAHASHI 12.5cm(4.9") fluorite, afocal method with Televue Radian10mm eyepiece
Synthesized focal length f=2290mm (equivalent f=11000mm 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.....ISO200, White Balance.....Auto


A small plain at the center of lunar surface has a name of "Medii, SINUS (Inlet of center)". The southern neighbor has central series of craters, you can see some craters of the series in upper part of the image. And you can see clear valleys of Ariadaeus and Hyginus over 200km in length at the southern coast of Vaporum, MARE. Especially the Hyginus has a characteristic feature being bent.


Gazetteer
Index Map
INDEXNAMECrater's Diameter
1Ptolemaeus153km
2Albategnius136km
3Hipparchus150km
4W. Herschel41km
5Flammarion75km
6Murchison58km
7Pallas50km
8Triesnecker26km
9Agrippa46km
10Godin35km
11Manilius39km
AMedii, SINUS-
BVaporum, MARE-
CAestuum, SINUS-
DAriadaeus, RIMA-
EHyginus, RIMA-
FLand. point of SURVEYOR 6 (Nov 10 '67) USA



Around Copernicus Crater
Around Central series of craters

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