Astrophotography Registax. Craters by telescope: Abenezra and Azophi.

120 video frames, in Registax.

1 video frames, in Registax.

20 video frames, in Registax.

The images capture some craters on the face of Moon, similar in shape and size. Almost like you could tell at first glance, that were formed all at the same time. The inner edges of these craters are opened at an open angle, like brioche molds.

These are Geber, Abenezra, Azophi (45/42/48 km) and Almanon (49 km). Abenezra C (44 km) is obviously older than Abenezra because Abenezra is superimposed over half of it.

The area is very bright, and so the land has a milky appearance, which I like very much.

We can also watch the video of which I took these pictures in another article, but also simple video captures. In this article are presented images processed in Registax of that video.

250 video frames, in Registax.

Moon Age: 9.05 days
Phase: 70.5% (0% = New, 100% = Full)
Distance: 399.221 km

Optics (telescope or lenses): Celestron C8-Newtonian telescope, eyepiece 20mm Plossl, 2x barlow
Mount: CG5 (EQ5)
Camera: Sony CX130
Filter: no
Date: 10/03/2014
Location: Baia Mare, Romania
Processing: Registax,  FastStone Image Viewer

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Lunar craters filmed through a telescope: Abenezra, Azophi and Geber.

Abenezra (42 km), Azophi (48 km), Geber (45 km), Abulfeda and Almanon (49 miles) are just a few craters seen in these images taken by the astronomical telescope, images that landmark south-central area of the Moon .

Many of these craters resemble each other in size, some are straddling each other, as Abenezra over Abenezra C (44 km).

We note here Almanon crater with its satellite craters Almanon A (10 km) and B (25 km) south of it, and C (16 km) stuck to east edge.

Crater that I like to watch here, is Geber, which is the most ordered of all, having the floor free of other small craters and lacks a central peak and its edge is almost perfectly circular.



Optics: Celestron C8 "-Newtonian telescope, 20mm Plossl, 2x Barlow
Mount: CG5 (EQ5)
Device: Sony CX-130
Video Mode: Full HD 1920x1080 progressive
Filter: no
Date: 30/03/2012
Location: Baia Mare, Romania
Processing and editing: Sony Vegas 10 FastStone

Image from 12 mai 2011.

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Photos by telescope Craters around Nectaris basin

Piccolomini, Rupes Altai, Janssen, Theophilus, Cyrillus, Catharina, Fracastorius, are just some of the features around Mare Nectaris, visible in these video caprtures.

Abulfeda and Almanon craters are in the dark in these images, and just inside the western edges are lit by the sun.
Mare Nectaris (Sea of Nectar), is dating back 3.9 billion years, framed by several rings of lava formed after the impact. It is a small, well-defined circular basin with an affected southern edge forming a large bay, Fracastorius crater (124 km). Mare Nectaris joins Sinus Asperitatis north.

Rupes Altai is 480 kilometers long, with somewhat a sinuous wall along much of its length. Is parallel to the southwestern border of Mare Nectaris, and actually forms a part of the external ring of Nectaris basin.

Optics: Celestron C8-Newtonian telescope, 20 mm Plössl, 2x barlow
Mount: CG5 (EQ5)
Camera: Sony CX130
Filter: no
Date: 04/27/2012
Location: Baia Mare, Romania
Processing: video capture, FastStone Image Viewer

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Catharina and Geber lunar craters-images

Photographer: Victor Lupu
Optics: Celestron C8-Newtonian telescope, plossl 20mm, 2x Barlow
Mount: CG5 (EQ5)
Device: Sony CX105
Filter: No
Date: 11/05/2011
Location: Baia Mare, Romania
Processing: Sony Vegas 10 video captures
          Catharina (100 km), is a Moon impact crater located in the mountainous south, and is located west between Rupes Altai wich is a steep slope,and Mare Nectaris at east. To the northwest is the Tacitus crater. In the north it borders Cyrillus and Teophillus. Catharina form a prominent group along with the two craters, which are framed by Rupes Altai. There is a difference between the ages of the three craters, their age increasing from north to south.
Catharina's edge is very worn and irregular, especially in the north wall where is Catharina P crater (46 km). Northeast wall is deeply affected by several small craters. The floor is relatively flat with a curved ridge formed by Catharina P.
            Eponymous of this crater is Saint Catherine of Alexandria, also known Holy Great Martyr Catherine, who is a Christian saint and martyr, and is believed to have lived in the early fourth century.
          Geber crater is located halfway between Almanon crater at northeast  and the pair craters Abenezra and Azophi on southwest. Further to the southeast is Sacrobosco. Geber is 45 kilometers in diameter and 3510 meters deep.
The name of the crater comes from Abu Muhammad Jabir ibn Aflaḥ or Geber / Gebir (1100-1150), the Muslim astronomer and mathematician of Seville.

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Video - Abulfeda and Almanon craters

Abulfeda and Almanon craters video.Processed image is here

Video by: Victor Lupu
Optics: Celestron C8-Newtonian reflector telescope, plossl 20mm, 2x Barlow
Mount: CG5 (EQ5)
Device: Sony HDR CX105
Filter: No
Date: 09/02/2011
Location: Baia Mare, Romania

Abulfeda (62 km.) is the biggest bottom of picture, and Almanon (49 km.) -are impact craters located in the central highlands of the Moon.

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Abulfeda and Almanon craters



Abulfeda and Almanon in Registax 17 frames ,95% lowest quality                                                                  -click to enlarge

Photographer: Victor Lupu
Optics: Celestron C8-Newtonian reflector telescope, plossl 20mm, 2x Barlow
Mount: CG5 (EQ5)
Device: Sony HDR CX105
Filter: No
Date: 09/02/2011
Location: Baia Mare, Romania
Processing: Registax

        Abulfeda (62 km.) bottom-largest, is a Moon impact crater located in the central highlands of the Moon. To the north ic crater Almanon (49 km.). A chain of craters named Catena Abulfeda runs between the northern edge of Abulfeda and Almanon's southern edge, then continues with a length of 210 km in Rupes Altai.The chain crater in the photo is as a long crack.
The crater was named after Ismael Abul-Fida Kurdish,an historian who lived in the 14th century.
       Almanon (49 km.) Abulfeda-over's, is named after the calif Abbasid Al Ma'mun. Above it are two craters, a smaller one called Almanon A and B is the largest At the west of Almanon is Tacitus (40 km .). Almanon C is attached to the southwestern edge of Almanon.

The images below are snapshots of the same video I processed the one above in Registax 5.
The first photo is with the names of thecraters around Abulfeda.

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