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(1) Copernicus (6-30-01) (2) Aristarchus & Rima Marius (2-24-02) (3) Aristarchus & Schroter Valley (7-2-01) (4) Aristarchus & Schroter Valley (7-15-01) |
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Copernicus imaged 6-30-01.
Imaged with AP 155, Nikon CP950, UO 18mm Ortho and Orion 3X
Barlow. Single image reduced for faster download. Copernicus (93 km in diameter)
was named after the Polish astronomer living in 1473-1543 A.D.
Rima Marius, Aristarchus, the Cobra's Head,
Schroter Valley and Wood's Spot, imaged 2-24-02.
Imaged with AP 155, Nikon CP950, UO 18mm Ortho and 4X Powermate. Single
color image showing the pronounced lunar soil coloration of Wood's Spot. The
entire elusive 250 km length of the sinuous rille Rima Marius is also clearly
seen winding its way through the upper left corner of this image. The bottom
part of the rille is 2 km in width, narrowing to 1 km and then ending only 500
meters wide at its uppermost point in this image. Several small craters appear
in this image which are not revealed in Antonin Rukl's Atlas of the Moon. This
is due to the difficulty in observing minute detail in this section of the
Moon.
Aristarchus and Schroter Valley imaged
7-2-01.
Imaged with AP 155, Nikon CP950,
UO 18mm Ortho and Orion 3X Barlow. Single image reduced for faster download.
Aristarchus is 40 km in diameter and was named after the Greek astronomer (c.
310-230 B.C.). It is so bright that it can be seen on the night side of the
Moon. Schroter Valley was named after the German selenographer and is 160 km
long and up to 1,000 meters deep.
Aristarchus and Schroter Valley with the Cobra's
Head imaged 7-15-01.
Imaged with AP 155,
Nikon CP950 (attached with ScopeTronix Digi-T), UO 18mm Ortho and 2.5X
Powermate. Single image reduced for faster download. This image was taken during
the waning Moon as opposed to the previous image taken during the waxing Moon.
It shows a wealth of lunar soil coloration, which is why I left it in color.
This image clearly shows the aptly named "Cobra's Head" which is formed by the 6
km crater where the Schroter Valley begins and then widens to 10 km.
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