The depth of center lunar craters Images by telescope Ptolemaeus Alphonsus and Albategnius

This is one of the clearest video capture image caught with this area of ​​the Moon. Craters are so easy to observ in depth under this angle of the Sun, because they are facing us, and are not on the edge of the Moon.

We can admire the large and smooth floor of Ptolemaeus, which has a distinct small crater on it.

In these area of craters, it is almost like they may not exceed the limit of heights because you can not highlight any high peaks, which could be noticeably bigger than others.

Craters depth are small compared to other craters on the Moon. Ptolemaeus has a depth of 2.4 km, Alphonsus 2.7 km and Albategnius of 4.4 km. Klein found on the floor of Albategnius, has a depth of 1.5 km, which when combined with the 4.4 km's Albategnius, is reaching a depth of 5.9 km.

It is interesting the arc craters that starts from Hipparchus, decreasing in size, starting with Halley, Hind, Hipparcus C, and the smaller, Hipparchus L.

Moon age: 7 days
Stage: 51% (0% = New, 100% = Full)
Distance: 384.488 km

Coordinates 9.2°S 1.8°W Diameter 153 km Depth 2.4 km Colongitude 3° at sunrise Eponym Claudius Ptolemaeus

Optics: Celestron C8-Newtonian telescope, 20mm Plössl, 2x barlow
Mount: CG5 (EQ5)
Camera: Sony CX130
Filter: no
Date: 29/04/2012
Location: Baia Mare, Romania
Processing: video capture, FastStone Image Viewer

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Albategnius crater floor-telescope images

Photographer: Victor Lupu
Optics: Celestron C8-Newtonian telescope, plossl 20mm, 2x Barlow
Mount: CG5 (EQ5)
Device: Sony CX105 at 7x optical zoom
Total Magnification: 700x
Eyepiece Adapter: 1.25 "
Filter: No
Date: 12/05/2011
Location: Baia Mare, Romania
Processing: video captures, FastStone Image Viewer
         Albategnius crater, is 129 km in area and 4.4 km deep, it's best to watch on the first quarter. West walls are much more eroded than those in the east.

         On the floor is a triangular-shaped mountain, surrounded by several smaller craters.
 The floor has no other mountain formations but only small craters. A larger crater's inside Albategnius found on the northern side is Albategnius B (20 km), and an even larger crater of 44 km Klein (who was called before Albategnius A), near the west side of the floor.

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Albategnius and Hipparchus and the surrounding area

Photographer: Victor Lupu
Optics: Celestron C8-Newtonian reflector telescope, plossl 20mm, 2x Barlow
Mount: CG5 (EQ5)
Device: Sony HDR CX105
Filter: No
Date: 14/11/2010
Location: Baia Mare, Romania
Processing: video capture

Albategnius and Hipparchus (136 and 150 km) are two craters located on the center of the Moon.Albategnius is deeper and in hexagonal shape, and Hipparchus is flooded with lava, and its margins are very low in some areas .

Other craters in the photo are: Rhaeticus (49 km), which is located at the southeast edge of Sinus Medii. In the north-north-west of the crater is Triesnecker (not visible in photo). Rhaeticus was named for Georg Joachim von Lauchen also known as Rheticus.

        Horrocks (30 km), is a crater located entirely in the north-eastern edge of the eroded Hipparchus crater.Horroks crater is about 30 km in diameter and 3 km deep.
It was named after the 17th century english astronomer , Jeremiah Horrocks.

South of Horrocks are craters Halley and Hind (36 and 29 km), which are satellites of Hipparchus, and part of a chain of craters that diminishes in diameter, along with Hipparchus C and L.

       Agrippa is a crater 46 km in diameter and 3.1 km in deep.It is located at the southeast edge of Mare Vaporum and north of the crater Godin (35 km).Godin is located in a mountainous region east of Sinus Medii.A ray system surrounds Godin barely visible around the crater, and extends about 375 km.
  The crater was named after Louis Godin (28 February 1704 Paris - 11 September 1760 Cadiz), who was a French astronomer and member of the French Academy of Sciences. He worked in Peru, Spain, Portugal and France.
Both Agrippa and Godin craters have central peaks.if you want to see Agrippa and Godin closer you can see the Triesnecker,Agrippa and Godin craters article.

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Video - Albategnius and Hipparchus Craters

Albategnius and Hipparchus Craters videos.Processed images in Registax are here Albategnius and Hipparchus
Video by: Victor Lupu
Optics: Celestron C8-N telescope, plossl 20mm, 2x Barlow
Mount: CG5 (EQ5)
Device:HDR Sony CX105
Filter: No
Date: 10.02.2011
Location: Baia Mare, Romania
Processing: Sony Vegas 10

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Albategnius and Hipparchus Craters

Up-Albategnius crater(136 km),down-Hipparchus crater(150km)

Photographer: Victor Lupu
Optics: Celestron C8-N telescope, plossl 20mm, 2x Barlow
Mount: CG5 (EQ5)
Device:HDR Sony CX105
Filter: No
Date: 10.02.2011
Location: Baia Mare, Romania
Processing: Sony Vegas 10 Registax
    This is Albategnius crater,shot on a cold night.
Below is a snapshor video made on the same date.

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