Mare Humorum
Picture taken on 01/06/2001 with
an ETX90-EC tellescope and an EPSON PC3000Z digital camera in
afocal mode behind a SP 25mm eyepiece.
Mare Humorum is the dark circular area lying on top of this
picture. The upper edge of Mare Humorum is covered by Gassendi
crater showing 3 inner peaks. Notice at the bottom of the
picture, an ovally shaped crater (Schiller crater).
Clavius Basin
Picture taken on 03/05/2001 with
an ETX90-EC tellescope and an EPSON PC3000Z digital camera in
afocal mode behind a SP 25mm eyepiece.
Clavius Basin is located on the bottom of this picture. Clavius
is recognizable with its five inner craters placed in growing
size order on a curved line. North from clavius, the crater
containg a central peak is called Tycho. Tycho is surrounded by
bright steaks of ejected material stretching on more than a
thousand kilometers.
Mare Nectaris
Picture taken on 10/06/2001 with
an ETX90-EC tellescope equipped with a 2x Barlow lens and an EPSON
PC3000Z digital camera in afocal mode behind a SP 40mm eyepiece.
Mare Nectaris is the dark circular plain on the right side of
this picture. On the left of Mare Nectaris, the ALtaï cliff is
stretching on 480 Km. Bright streaks originating from the left
are ejected material resulting from Tycho crater impact. One of
these streaks is ending on the edge of Mare Nectaris, at a
distance of more than 1000 Km from Tycho.
Mare Imbrium
Picture taken on 04/02/2001 with
an ETX90-EC tellescope and an EPSON PC3000Z digital camera in
afocal mode behind a SP 25mm eyepiece.
Mare Imbrium is a large circular area whose eastern side only
receives sun light on this picture. The dark basin on top of Mare
Imbrium is called Plato. On the right of Plato, is a straight
valley called Vallis Alpes. On the bottom, Apenins mounts are
culminating at nearly 5000 m.
Copernicus surroundings
Picture taken on 03/05/2001 with
an ETX90-EC tellescope and an EPSON PC3000Z digital camera in
afocal mode behind a SP 25mm eyepiece.
Copernicus is located in the center of this picture. It is lying
southward from Mare Imbrium and is 93 km wide. Notice the
impressive network of bright streaks surrounding Copernic.
Aristarchus surroundings
Picture taken on 09/30/2001 with
a MEADE LX10 8" telescope equipped with a 2X Barlow lens, and
an EPSON PC3000Z digital camera in afocal mode behind a SP 40mm
eyepiece.
Aristarchus is the bright crater lying in the middle of this
picture (crater width 40 Km). Behind Aristarchus, a sinuous
valley (Schröter vallis) is stretching on a distance of 160 Km.
On the bottom right, notice many domes resulting from lunar
volcanic activity.
Mare Crisium
Picture taken on 11/03/2001 with
an ETX90-EC telescope equipped with a 3X Barlow lens, and an EPSON
PC3000Z digital camera in afocal mode behind a SP 40mm eyepiece.
The great circular basin surrounded with mountains on the right
of the picture is called Mare Crisium.
