Beautiful HD video Telescope images of lunar crater Cleomedes

The video in this article is closely related to images processed in Registax Article Crater Cleomedes at terminal. Telescope images processed in Registax , which were made using this video.

Images from the terminal, I have always felt are the most special and more interesting than other moments of lighting, when craters are seen as normal, without any buzz. Take for example Cleomedes crater that dominates in these images. When you look at it, it gives you a feeling of thrill because of the darkness that fills, giving a form that would say to you "forbidden zone".

Age of the Moon: 17 days
Phase: 93% (0% = New, 100% = full)
Distance: 396.848 km





Optics: CelestronC8 "-Newtonian telescope, plossl20mm, 2x Barlow
Mount: CG5 (EQ5) motorized
Device: Sony CX-130
Video mode: Full HD progressive 1920x1080
Filter: no
Date: 31/12/2012
Location: Baia Mare, Romania
Processing and editing: Sony Vegas 10

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Crater Cleomedes at terminal. Telescope images processed in Registax



Cleomedes crater at terminal 647 frames at 75% best quality in Registax




Cleomedes crater at terminal 618 frames at 90% best quality in Registax



 Cleomedes crater at terminal 473 frames at 80% best quality in Registax

Moonscape of these pictures, captures Cleomedes crater (126 km), as I have not never seen it like that on this phase of the Moon. Where in total darkness begins, right there is not the edge of the Moon, but the terminal, the border between light and shadow.

Cleomedes, is also in darkness, but are visible many features that I have not seen before. Notice the eastern edge of the crater interior, with irregular terraces, and also the peak of the center, being lit only the top of it, peak which is surrounded by total darkness.


   Northwest of Cleomedes, are two craters, in the dark here, called Tralles (43 km) (who is "riding" on the edge of Cleomedes), and Debes (31 km) farther northwest. North of Cleomedes, notice Buckhardt crater (57 km), which overlaps Buckhardt E (39 km) is smaller, which remained only half a crater.


Further up north (in the first two pictures in the article) is another dark "pit" situated at the terminal. This is Geminus (86 km), a circular crater with beautiful terraced inner edges.


In the center of photos, notice a vertical line as a smooth plateau with irregular shape, which I guess is an extension of Lacus Bonitatis, located in the bottom of images. On the left in the picture, notice a crater though not large in size, stands out among other small craters. This is called Newcomb (39 km), and to its south is Newcomb J (23 km). Newcomb's floor is very mountainous. On the floor, stuck on the southern edge, is Newcomb A (19 km), a small but deep crater.


Images are Registax processings of a video that have taken a variety of frames, at several levels of quality, merged to form a single image.

If the the images are broken, see them on these links :

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Age of the Moon: 17 days
Phase: 93% (0% = New, 100% = full)
Distance: 394.960 km

Optics: Celestron C8-Newtonian telescope, 20mm Plossl, 2x Barlow
Mount: CG5 (EQ5) motorized
Camera: Sony CX130
Filter: no
Date: 31/12/2012
Location: Baia Mare, Romania
Processing: Registax, FastStone Image Viewer

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Pictures by telescope similarities between Cleomedes and Furnerius craters

Photographer: Victor Lupu
Optics: Celestron C8-Newtonian telescope, plossl 20mm, 2x Barlow
Mount: CG5 (EQ5)
Device: Sony CX105 to 8x optical zoom
Total Magnification: 800x
Filter: no
Date: 08/16/2011
Location: Baia Mare, Romania
Processing: video capture, FastStone Image Viewer
Furnerius crater is located on the southeast side of the Moon. It is easily confused with another crater called Cleomedes which is on the north-east of the Moon above the Crisium Sea. If you look at them say they are one and the same crater. Only when you see craters surrounding them we realize that something is wrong, because their distribution is different.

Between the two craters is a difference of only one kilometer in size. The first has 125 km and Cleomedes has 126 km in diameter.

Inverted image above is for guidance and is made ​​on July 16, 2011

The photo above is Cleomedes crater made ​​on August 16, 2011

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Astronomy lecture.Western Mare Crisium.Pictures by telescope

These captures of western Crisium sea through the telescope, are presented in another article: Video by astronomical telescope-near Western Mare Crisium.
There are many present craters on this large area, and I will only talk about features that were not discussed before.

We start with Burkhardt crater (57 km), which is located between craters Geminus (86 km), on north, and Cleomedes on south.
Burckhardt is located on two slightly smaller-sized craters on the opposite sides, producing a triple crater formation. Burckhardt E (39 km), is covered by the southwest quadrant of Burckhardt's, while Burckhardt F (43 km), is covered by the northwest quadrant. Crater rim is circular, but somewhat irregular in shape. There is a central peak near the midpoint of the crater floor.

Stucked in the western edge of the crater Cleomedes, is Tralles, and to the east of Cleomedes is the crater Delmotte (32 km), a small crater, whose characteristics are difficult to see because of its position.

Continue to the next photo description below, are craters Macrobius and Tisserand, 64 and 37 km, crater ray Proclus (28 km), and west of Proclus is Palus Somni , an area of 143 km,.

In the third picture below, there are many small craters on the surface of the sea, but also on its edge.
Peirce crater (19 km) with Picard (23 km), are those who are most "into the sea" of Crisium.
Picard's interior has a series of terraces, which seismologists have attributed to a collapse of the crater floor. The lowest point of the crater floor is about 2000 meters below its rim, and has a small hill in the center.

Other craters located further to the edge of the sea are Yerkes (36 km), Lick (31 km), Greaves (14 km), and Glaisher crater (16 km).

Yerkes crater (36 km), it seems interesting, because its inside was almost completely flooded by lava, leaving only a shallow remnant edge above the sea, and the edge is the most visible in west. The floor has a similar albedo with the large Crisium sea, so Yerkes's features are not distinct by surroundings.

About craters Firmicus (56 km) and Apollonius (53 km), I will speak in another article dedicated to them.

Photographer: Victor Lupu
Optics: Celestron C8-Newtonian telescope, plossl 20mm, 2x Barlow
Mount: CG5 (EQ5)
Device: Sony CX105 to 8x optical zoom
Total Magnification: 800x
Filter: no
Date: 08/16/2011
Location: Baia Mare, Romania
Processing: video capture, FastStone Image Viewer

Above are images processed in Registax.

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Video by astronomical telescope-near Western Mare Crisium

This stabilized video presents west of Crisium Sea. The clip starts with the large crater Cleomedes (126 km) in the north of the sea. Images goes along the west of the sea, to south, when Macrobius and Tisserand craters appear, then the bright ray crater Proclus (28 km).

  We go forward and climb the Mare Crisium plateau, where we see two isolated craters: the smaller left is Peirce (19 km), and the bigger on right is Picard (23 km).

In the bottom-right corner begins to see a bit of Mare Fecunditatis.
We visually keep on eye the Mare Crisium, and we reach its southern edge, where Firmicus (56 km) and Apollonius (53 km) craters takes shape, and then there are two large plates: Mare Spumans, on the top, and Sinus Succesus on the bottom of the screen.



Video: Victor Lupu
Optics: CelestronC8" -Newtonian telescope, plossl20mm, 2x Barlow
Mount: CG5 (EQ5)
Device: Sony CX105 at 7x optical zoom
Total Magnification: 700x
Filter: no
Date: 16/08/2011
Location: Baia Mare, Romania
Processing and editing: Sony Vegas 10

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Cleomedes-craters through the telescope

Photographer: Victor Lupu
Optics: Celestron C8-Newtonian telescope, plossl 20mm, 2x Barlow
Mount: CG5 (EQ5)
Device: Sony CX105 to 8x optical zoom
Total Magnification: 800x
Filter: no
Date: 08/16/2011
Location: Baia Mare, Romania
Processing: video captures, FastStone Image Viewer

        Cleomedes (126 km), is a large lunar crater located on the north-east of the moon, on northern Mare Crisium. Terrain is surrounded by many impact craters. Irregular crater Tralles (43 km), is entering in the northwest edge. To the east is Delmotte (33 km). North of Cleomedes is Burckhardt (57 km).

Outer wall is heavily eroded and worn, especially along the south wall. Cleomedes C (14 km), is located on south-western edge.
Crater floor is almost flat, with a small central peak located north of the midpoint, forming a linear ridge to the northeast. There are several notable small craters on the floor, including a pair of overlapping craters on northwest rim: Cleomedes A, E.

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