Observation by Raffaello: Birt/domes/ R.Recta and Alphonsus

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Raffaello

Observer

Raffaello

Observed

2020 Aug 01 - 16:10

Uploaded

2020 Aug 01 - 16:10

Objects

The Moon

Title

Birt/domes/ R.Recta and Alphonsus

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Under high solar illumination the Birt domes, bisected by Rima Birt, Rupes Recta a lunar fault, very evident, and the crater Alphonsus with dark patches pyroclastic deposits inside the crater. They are originated by vulcanian eruption style, and the craterlets are vents. Thus explosive eruption occurred on the Moon. Mak Cassegrain 18 cm.

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birt domes mosaic .jpg (572.3 kB)

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Jeremy Shears, David Basey

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