Good shoot of Doppelmayer crater on the Moon.

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This is not the edge of the moon as you think, but the terminal, which separates the sunlit area of the shaded. North is at the bottom, the image is inverted as seen through the telescope.

Doppelmayer (64 km),crater is located on the southern edge of the Basin Mare Humorum. It has a circular shape, but lacks the northern edge of being swallowed by lava.
To the south east of the basin, we see a crater that is barely seen called Puiseux (25 km). It is almost whole covered by lava. Imagine how many more craters ended this way, completely swallowed by lava, and which we have not seen, nor ever see. 

Below Doppelmayer, (top photo), we see a smoother area, although it has small craters scattered throughout the place. This is Lacus Excellentiae, or Lake of Excellence.
These craters, are Vitello's (42 km) satellite craters, and Clausius (25 km). The latter is too located on the lake, on the west side.

Age of the Moon: 11 days
Distance: 386 658
Phase: 85% (0% = New, 100% = complete)

Optical Telescope Celestron C8 "Newtonian, plossl 20mm, 2x Barlow
Mount: CG5 (EQ5)
Device: Sony CX-130
Video Mode: Full HD 1920x1080 progressive
Filter: no
Date: 23/03/2013
Location: Baia Mare, Romania
Processing and editing: Sony Vegas 10, Registax

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HDR Astrophotography West of Mare Humorum. Lunar craters: Mersenius.

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The subject of this article, is Mersenius crater (84 km), located on the western side of the Moon. Although it is almost entirely filled by the shadow, we can observe it's beautiful laced edge better in sunlight, and Mersenius H on the southern rim of the crater.

To the east of this crater is the large circular basin, Mare Humorum, whose western edge is well defined at this phase of the Moon.
Other notable features here on the southwestern basin: remark Doppelmayer flooded crater (64 km), Liebig (37 km) with Rupes Liebig, de Gasparis (30 km), Palmieri (41 km) and Puiseux (25 km) and satellite craters and some of theirs.

Video can be seen here: Video by astronomical telescope Crater Gassendi.

Age of the Moon: 11 days
Distance: 386 658
Phase: 85% (0% = New, 100% = complete)

Optical Telescope Celestron C8 "Newtonian, plossl 20mm, 2x Barlow
Mount: CG5 (EQ5)
Device: Sony CX-130
Video Mode: Full HD 1920x1080 progressive
Filter: no
Date: 23/03/2013
Location: Baia Mare, Romania
Processing and editing: Sony Vegas 10

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Visual astronomy Mare Humorum Video.

The first thing that crosses my mind when I think of Mare Humorum, is crater Gassendi (110 km) (minute 1:31), a crater shaped as a diamond ring, north west of this circular basin on thr Moon.

Not much to see on Mare Humorum but only many small craters which are spread on the smooth plateau with the exception of Puiseux (25 km), but on the edges we see features that can not be overlooked.

On the edge of east, west and south of the basin are large craters as Doppelmayer (64 km), Hippalus (58 km) south and east, both having similar shapes because they were partially flooded and a part of their edges disappeared under lava basin, leaving them with a semicircle form.

Age of the Moon: 11 days
Distance: 386 658 km
Phase: 85% (0% = New, 100% = full)



 

Optical Telescope Celestron C8 "-Newtonian plossl 20mm, 2x Barlow
Mount: CG5 (EQ5)
Device: Sony CX-130
Video Mode: Full HD 1920x1080 progressive
Filter: no
Date: 23/03/2013
Location: Baia Mare, Romania
Processing and editing: Sony Vegas 10

Mare Humorum. Image from 2010.

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Surrounding area of Mare Humorum-images

Photographer: Victor Lupu
Optics: Celestron C8-Newtonian telescope, plossl 20mm, 2x Barlow
Mount: CG5 (EQ5)
Device: Sony CX105 at 5x optical zoom 3
 Total magnification: 300 and 500x optical zoom
Filter: No
Date: 05/14/2011
Location: Baia Mare, Romania
Processing: FastStone, video captures
Mare Humorum, or the Sea of moisture which has a size of 389 km, is surrounded on the outside of  many large craters and on the inside area do not have many craters outstanding.
Some craters are listed in these pictures, as Gassendi crater that is the most important eye-catching ring by its shape, with a stretch of 110 km (seen in the first 3 shots), and has only 1.9 miles deep.
When viewed through spectroscopic analysis, crater Gassendi presents a "behavior" very different from any other lunar crater. Studies conducted in high-resolution infrared light indicated the presence of extrusive volcanic material (ie volcanic material flowing to the surface and then crystallizes), limited to the south Gassendi crater floor, which is adjacent to Mare Humorum.

Mersenius (84 km), although smaller in size than Gassendi, it is deeper, with a depth of 2.3 km, and is in an area with many more depressions. It can be seen in the first 3 shots, and in the picture below to be better located. Mersenius lies west of Mare Humorum.
Doppelmayer (64 km), is a remnant of a lunar crater that is located south-west edge of the Mare Humorum. South-east of Doppelmayer, is another flooded crater named Lee (41 km) and Vitello (42 km).
Doppelmayer's edge is nearly round, but is eroded. The most intact is the south-west, while in the Northeast is going down under the sea of Humorum, leaving only a slight increase in the surface. The interior has been flooded by lava, leaving a large ridge high in the center.

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