Telescopic Craters - 7 Days...
Plinius:
Date: April 26, 2004
Telescope: 4.5 Celestron
Eyepieces: 17mm Sirius Plossl, 12.3mm ED Epic
Seeing: 4 8/10
Time: 9:00-10:00 p.m. ESDT
Comments: Between Mare Serentatis and Mare Tranquilitatus is crater Plinius. It is a classic crater with a central peak and oh-so-close to that promentorium where Apollo 11 landed!
Crater Plinius appears at the upper left hand corner of this frame.
Mitchell:
Date: October 13, 2002
Telescope: 4.5 Celestron
Eyepieces: 25mm Celestron, 10mm Celestron
Time: (no specific time listed. reports indicate late p.m.)
Comments: Tiny craters leaped to life... Ones with obscure names like Kane, Mitchell, Edege, and Sheepshank. (all right, who tied the knot on the moon?) A and B craters identified on the maps kept their hard-edged quality.
Crater Mitchell (annotated) sits alongside the wall of the giant Aristoteles.
Cassini A:
Date: April 27, 2004
Telescope: 4.5 Celestron
Eyepieces: 17mm Sirius Plossl, 12.3mm ED Epic
Seeing: 4 6/10
Comments: Cassini and more particularly, Cassini A is what I was after tonight. Just south of Promentorium Agassiz, (or east of Mt. Piton if you prefer... ;) is the ancient looking crater Cassini. Now, very specifically is the "A" crater which lies in the middle and is visible in the 17mm. What's really cool is to put in more power, cuz' there's so much more here! During stable moments, there is also another punch mark in the interior near the west wall identified as "B", as well as one to the north identified as "M". Even for as shallow appearing as Cassini appears to be, those rugged walls are still 3,500 feet tall... But the coolie? Is that the "A" crater goes down an estimated 5,100 feet. Awesome!
Manilius:
March 20, 2002
Telescope: 4.5 Celestron
Eyepieces: 25mm Celestron, 10mm Celestron
Time: (no specific time listed. reports indicate early p.m.)
Comments: Yeah, the sky was unstable. It pitched, it rolled, it waivered... It was GREAT! Exploring the depths of Hipparchus and Albategnius... Dancing around Aristillus and Autolycus... Rounding the edges of Cassini and climbing the Apennine Mountains! And just where did I want to be most of all? (Besides apparently fascinated by that strange flat feature between Manilus and Julius Caesar... ;) Why, the Apollo 11 landing site, of course! (and you knew that was coming, didn't you? ;)
Gemma Frisius:
Date: April 26, 2004
Telescope: 4.5 Celestron
Eyepieces: 17mm Sirius Plossl, 12.3mm ED Epic
Time: 9:30 p.m EDST
Seeing: 4 8/10
Comments: Hey, hey! It's Stofler on the terminator, along with the little punch mark on its' upper edge named Farraday. What I was really after in this shot is Maurolycus above it, with Buch on its' left edge and Barocius on its' right. There is also a trio of craters on the left and I made a point of leaving them in the picture because although Goodacre is not an AL observation, Gemma Frisius is.
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