Observation by Davide Pistritto: Mare Imbrium: from Sinus Iridum to Plato

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Davide Pistritto

Observer

Davide Pistritto

Observed

2020 Nov 25 - 19:14

Uploaded

2020 Dec 07 - 08:37

Objects

The Moon

Equipment

Celestron C9,25
ASI 178MM
Astrodon G filter

Location

Bari, Italy

Target name

Sinus Iridum, Plato

Title

Mare Imbrium: from Sinus Iridum to Plato

About this image

This huge portion of the Moon shows so many features of the norther portion of Mare Imbrium. It starts from Promontorium Heraclides, westside of the Sinus Iridum where sunrising light was starting to show its crests.

Montes Jura are well placed for a face-on sunlitting rays.

Going to east side of the Sinus, the Promontorium Laplace erges itself casting its shadow on the gulf.

Westward of the P. Laplace you can see two of Laplace domes family, L5 and L6, between two little mons.

Maybe L1 could be slightly spotted in its place, but the light angle from the Sun is a little bit too high just to certainly see.

The complex of Montes Rectii, Teneriffe and Pico preceeds the big Plato, where lies many little craterlets and its rima, in the north-east.

Completes the scene Piazzi Smith crater with Mons Piton.

Files associated with this observation

2020-11-25-1914_SinusIridumPlato_pistr.jpg (1.3 MB)

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Jeremy Shears, David Basey, Bill Leatherbarrow, Manolo_Rodriguez, Ron Arbour, Ray Emery

Comments

Raffaello, 2020 Dec 07 - 16:04 UTC

Ciao Davide

detected domes L5 and L6 in Sinus Iridum and hint of the dome Teneriffe 1, always studied and measured

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