CHAMÄLEON + ONJALA OBSERVATORY  LUNAR ATLAS - II
Mare - Craters - Rilles - Faults - Mountains
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3.3d
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 11.5 days – Illumination 84 % - 24.09.2015

Image number and crater list
Mosaics
Interesting image details
Special Images
 
Due to a plethora of excellent photographs of this phase of the moon, we have decided to divide the images on two pages. On both pages, the lunar structures are listed alphabetically. The second page shows images during the moon age of 11.6 days at an illumination of 85 %. To view the images - click here.
 
 
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 Agatharchides, Gassendi Megadomeplateau Agatharchides and FF-crater Gassendi
02 Brayley and Tobias Mayer -
03 Bullialdus, Kies and Wolf lunar dome Kies Phi
04 Capuanus, Marth and Ramsden concentric double crater Marth and Rimae Ramsden
05 Deslisle and Gruithuisen Rima Deslisle
06 Encke and Maestlin Rima Maestlin
07 Gassendi Rimae Mersenius
08 Heinzel and Mee unusual crater form Heinzel (the peanut crater)
09 Helicon and Le Verrier Kap Laplace
10 Kepler polygonal crater form
11 Maupertius, La Condamine and John Herschel -
12 Mare Humorum Rima and Rupes Liebig, lunar dome Liebig 1, pyroclastic ash deposit
13 Prinz Rimae Prinz  
14 Ramsden, Marth and Vitello Rimae Ramsden, Rimae Hippalus  
15 Rima Hippalus -  
16 Schiller unique, unusual crater form (grazing impact?)  
17 Sinus Iridum -  
18 Wichmann Rima Herigonius  

 
Mosaics

Heinzel to Schiller
Gassendi and Mare Humorum

 
Interesting image details

Image 012 - shows the center of Mare Humorum. In the right part you can see Rima Doppelmayer and the fault Rupes Liebig.
Image 016 - shows the unique crater Schiller, probably caused by a grazing impact.

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 above the crater Schiller (11.5, 12.1 and 13.1 days)

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