Clavius & Schiller


Date & Time: Apr 14 2011, 22:27, 22:30 JST(+0900), Record Time: 30sec. each
Mosaic of 2 flames
Optical: Kasai 20cm(3.9") Newtonian(NERO-200DX), afocal method with LV25mm eyepiece
Synthesized focal length f=3072mm (equivalent f=20880mm 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
987 & 1160 flames stacked & wavelet processed with Registax6


This image shows you a mountainous region in south west of Moon. An elliptical crater positioned just west of huge Clavius is called Schiller with a diameter of 179km.
It's well known that the Moon shows us same side all the time, but the Moon is taking a stroll slightly, this phenomenon called the "Libration". We can observe the features in edge of Moon, which cannot be seen usually. The Schiller is positioned near the edge, so the shape of it changes fairly by this libration.

Gazetteer
Index Map
INDEXNAMECrater's Diameter
1Clavius225km
2Longomontanus145km
3Tycho85km
4Wilhelm107km
5Scheiner100km
6Blancanus105km
7Klaproth119km
8Moretus114km
9Schiller179km
10Mee132km



Schickard & Schiller
Around Bailly

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