Around Central series of craters


Date & Time: Mar 15 2008, 19:58 JST(+0900), 1/10sec. 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


This image covers around a bit south of central region of lunar surface, contains series of several large craters of Ptolemaeus, Alphonsus, Arzachel, Purbach and Regiomontanus. The series is called "central series of craters", you can appreciate the craters clearly about half moon.
And there is another noticeable topography of Recta, RUPES (The straight wall) in the Nubium, MARE (Sea of cloud) just west of the series of craters. The wall has a length of 115km and a height of 400m, one of the most famous faults in the lunar surface.

Gazetteer
Index Map
INDEXNAMECrater's Diameter
1Ptolemaeus153km
2Alphonsus110km
3Arzachel97km
4Thebit57km
5Purbach118km
6Regiomontanus120km
7Deslandres234km
8Albategnius136km
9La Caille68km
10Blanchinus62km
11Werner70km
12Apianus63km
13Alpetragius40km
14W. Herschel41km
15Hipparchus150km
ARecta, RUPES-



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