Video Astronomy Telescope Moon craters Pythagoras, Babbage, J. Herschel in a HD video.

In these video images, you can see on the Moon crater like Babbage (144 km.), J. Herschel (156 km), Philolaus (71 km) and Oenopides (67 km). All these lunar craters are located on the northern Moon.
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Babbage has a depth of 2 km. It is an old lunar crater located near the northwest edge of the Moon, named after Charles Babbage. It is attached on southeast edge of the prominent crater Pythagoras (130 km). The remnant crater floor called South enters the southeast of Babbage.

Charles Babbage (December 26, 1791 - October 18, 1871) was an English poet, mathematician, philosopher, inventor and mechanical engineer. Babbage is best remembered for originating the concept of programmable computer.



Moon Age: 1.00 days
Illuminated: 99.8% (0% = New, 100% = Full)
Magnitude: -12.20
Distance: 398.772 km

Optics (telescope or lenses): Celestron C8-Newtonian telescope, eyepiece 20mm Plossl, 2x barlow
Mount: CG5 (EQ5)
Camera: Sony CX130
Video mode: 1080p
Filter: no
Date: 14/03/2014
Location: Baia Mare, Romania
Processing: Sony Vegas HD Platinum 10.0

Images were obtained by attaching a camera directly into the eyepiece of an astronomical telescope of 8 inch Newtonian; For this reason the eyepiece visual field was increased.

This video was also used also for simple video captures.

In the picture below are labeled craters and other lunar features in the region. To better understand this photo, you should note that the label with the name or the letter of larger craters could be found at their center, and on the small craters, you should find them around them, usually above.

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Philolaus north Moon crater in Registax

In the far northern region of the Moon, we see only two notable craters, Philolaus and Anaxagoras. First, it is almost completely in shadow, but the inner wall of the west is fully illuminated by the Sun.

  Philolaus (71 km), is partially overlapped over two craters, much larger in size, one of which is to the east and named Philolaus D (91 km). Maybe it should be called Philolaus ,and Philolaus, which is smaller, to be a satellite of this large crater. But I am not the one to decide. Maybe this is the criteria for naming the craters. Probably is considered as the main crater the newest one.

  A second crater overlapping Philolaus, lies west of it. To locate it, observe a second crater edge surrounding the Philolaus, creating the image of a double edge. This, however, has no name.

South-east of Philolaus, there is a crater named Philolaus G (95 km). It does not have the complete edge, lacking the west wall, appearing open to the west, like a horseshoe.

Notice Anaxagoras crater east of Philolaus, and note the central mountains within it.

Video images were processed in Registax software, video of which were used at each picture in the sequence from top to bottom, 12, 27 and 28 frames, setting to select those with 95 percent quality.

Age of the Moon: 9 days
Phase: 75% (0% = New, 100% = Full)
Distance: 392.049 km

Optics: Celestron C8-Newtonian telescope, 20mm Plossl, 2x Barlow
Mount: CG5 (EQ5)
Camera: Sony CX130
Filter: no
Date: 03/03/2012
Location: Baia Mare, Romania
Processing: Registax, FastStone Image Viewer

The photo above was made on 13 February 2011.

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Video by telescope Goldschmidt Anaxagoras and Philolaus craters on the Moon

These are some of the many videos of Philolaus and Goldschmidt craters on the northern edge of the Moon. The image is inverted as seen through the telescope. In the videos are constantly clouds passing in front of the Moon.
Goldschmidt is a crater with a specific feature: the edge of which appears laced, making it beautiful. Stuck in the western part of the crater, is Anaxagoras, guilty to lighter the surrounding land, as it was formed by a big hit , materials spreaded from the inside. Light rays are stretching on the Mare Frigoris.

Philolaus, is a crater in crater, wich means is from an impact occurred over another crater, as shown in the video.

Video: Victor Lupu
Optics: CelestronC8 "-Newtonian telescope, plossl20mm, 2x Barlow
Mount: CG5 (EQ5)
Device: Sony CX-130
Video mode: progressive 1920x1080
Filter: no
Date: 03/03/2012
Location: Baia Mare, Romania
Processing and editing: Sony Vegas 10

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Philolaus Crater - North pole Moon craters

Photographer: Victor Lupu
Optics: Celestron C8-Newtonian telescope, plossl 20mm, 2x Barlow
Mount: CG5 (EQ5)
Device: Sony CX105
Filter: No
Date: 13/02/2011
Location: Baia Mare, Romania
Processing: 10 Sony Vegas, video captures

         Philolaus (71 km) is a crater located on the north of the Moon. It is located southeast of the flooded crater Anaximenes,(80 km) and west of Anaxagoras (51 km) .It overlaps with the older Philolaus C  at southwest, .
The interior is irregularly with hilly areas in the center and north-east. There are a couple of peaks to the south and east of the middle. There are also a pair of lower ridges to the north-west. The northeast of the interior is flat. The floor is not marked by significant impacts.
The name of the crater comes from Philolaus (Greek: Φιλόλαος, 470-385 BC) who was a pre-socratic and pitagorean greek philosopher . He claimed that all matter is composed of limited and unlimited things, and that the universe is determined by numbers. He is credited with the theory that Earth was not the center of the Universe.

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