Observation by Chris Hooker: Hippalus and Ramsden rilles

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Chris Hooker

Observer

Chris Hooker

Observed

2020 Apr 03 - 18:58

Uploaded

2020 Apr 04 - 07:40

Objects

The Moon

Equipment

254 mm Newtonian
5x Powermate
ZWO ASI174MM camera
Baader 610 nm & IR-cut filters

Exposure

1/40 sec

Location

Didcot, Oxfordshire

Target name

Hippalus rilles

Title

Hippalus and Ramsden rilles

About this image

The region to the east of mare Humorum has many rilles. The Hippalus rille system (upper part of image) curves around the mare and was formed by crustal stretching as the weight of the mare depressed the surface. There is a complex system of intersecting rilles around the small crater Ramsden, lower centre. Finally, the linear Hesiodus rille extends from just north of the crater Capuanus and out of the frame to the upper right.

Files associated with this observation

Ramsden 3 Apr 20 5a.jpg (513.8 kB)

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