7.5 d - 44 %


CHAMÄLEON + ONJALA OBSERVATORY  LUNAR ATLAS - II
Mare - Craters - Rilles - Faults - Mountains
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12%
4.5d
17%
5.1d
22%
5.5d
25%
6.1d
30%
7.1d
39%
7.5d
44%
8.5d
54%
9.6d
65%
10.5d
75%
11.5d
84%
12.1d
87%
12.5d
92%
13.1d
95%
14.5d
100%

Moon age 5.1 days – Illumination 22 % - 19.08.2015

Image number and crater list
Mosaics
Interesting image details
Special Images
 
 
Image Number Craters - in alphabetical order Special details

download pdf-file with descriptions of exceptional or unique lunar structures at this moon age
LUNAR 100
   
01 Atlas, Hercules + Endymion FF-crater Atlas, craterlets on the floor of Endymion
02 Boussingault -
03 Cauchy Region Rupes- and Rima Cauchy, lunar domes Cauchy Tau and Omega
04 Cleomedes + Macrobius -
05 Cleomedes + Geminus -
06 Cleomedes, Geminus + Messala -
07 Fracastorius and Santbech sunrise over Fracastorius, system of rilles
08 Goclensius and Gutenberg Rimae Goclensius, Daguerre at sunrise. Additional, the image shows one of the rare concentric double craters - Crozier H
09 Janssen system of rilles
10 Langrenus -
11 Langrenus and Messier + Messier A ray system of Messier
12 Macrobius, Maraldi, Sinus Amoris -
13 Mare Crisium, Picard and Proclus polygonal crater form of Proclus  
14 Mare Tranquillitatis, Südrand Rima Secchi. At the bottom of the image the domes Cauchy Tau and Omega at sunrise  
15 Mare Fecunditatis, Messier + Messier A several small crater chains of three craters. Rima Secchi and Rima Messier. Ray system of Messier  
16 Petavius and Humboldt central mountains of Humbold on the lunar rim  
17 Proclus and Macrobius polygonal crater form of Proclus  
18 Rimae Goclensius sunrise over craters Isidorus and Capella, western of Goclensius  
19 Rosenberger and Nearch sunrise  
20 Vallis Rheita crater chain  
21 Vendelinus and Petavius B ray system of Petavius B  

 
Mosaics

Cleomedes to Messala
Langrenus to Petavius
Boussingault to Rosenberger
Mare Australe on the lunar rim and Vallis Rheita to Janssen

 
Interesting image details

Image 003 - shows Rupes and Rima Cauchy. Rupes Cauchy proceeds at its end into a rille. On top of the image are the lunar domes Cauchy Tau and Cauchy Omega. Further Cauchy domes are on the bottom of the image south of the crater Maraldi D.
Image 008 - shows on the left side in the center one of the rare double crater - Crozier H.

Detailed descriptions of other exceptional or unique structures at this moon age you can find in this pdf-file
 
« Special Images

The image to the left shows the sunrise over the crater Janssen and the impressive Rima Janssen in 4 phases.

Moon age from left top to right bottom: 4.5, 5.1, 5.5 and 6.1 days.

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