Images by astronomical telescope. West of the Moon.

Piazzi (101 km) has a small depth in comparison with its dimensions of only 2.3 km, located near the south-western edge of the Moon. It is attached to the southwest of Lagrange (160 km). Piazzi is seen at an oblique angle from the Earth and therefore looks elongated.

Like Lagrange, Piazzi was modified by ejecta during the formation of Mare Orientale basin.

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.

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.

Magnitude: -12.03
Phase: 70.5% (0% = new, 100% = full)
Distance: 398.311 km
Sidereal Period: 27.32 days
Illuminated: 92.2%

Optics: Celestron C8-Newtonian astronomical telescope 
Eyepiece: Plossl 20mm, 2x Barlow
Mount: CG5 (EQ5)
Camera: Sony CX130
Filter: no
Date: 14/03/2014
Location: Baia Mare, Romania
Processing: FastStone Image Viewer

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Lunar craters through telescope. Fourier and Vieta.

Fourier crater (51 km), has a quite large depth of 3.7 km, compared to its size. It is located on the south-west of the Moon, to the southeast of the larger crater Vieta.
The crater is generally circular, but appears to be oval when viewed from Earth because it is located on the edge of the lunar disk.

The name of the crater comes from Jean-Baptiste Joseph Fourier (March 21, 1768 - May 16, 1830), who was a mathematician and physicist born in Auxerre, and was best known for heat transfer and vibration. "Fourier Transform" and "Fourier's law" are also named in his honor. Fourier is also credited for discovering the greenhouse effect.

Vieta (87 km), has a depth of 4.5 km. The outer edge went through erosions of impact and its walls are irregular, with incisions in parts. On the floor is a chain of small craters on the north side.

Crater name comes from François Vieta (Latin: Franciscus Vieta) 1540 - February 23, 1603, a French mathematician whose work on new algebra was an important step towards modern algebra through innovative use as parameters in the equations.

Magnitude: -12.03
Phase: 70.5% (0% = new, 100% = full)
Distance: 398.311 km
Sidereal Period: 27.32 days
Illuminated: 92.2%

Optics: Celestron C8-Newtonian astronomical telescope 
Eyepiece: Plossl 20mm, 2x Barlow
Mount: CG5 (EQ5)
Camera: Sony CX130
Filter: no
Date: 14/03/2014
Location: Baia Mare, Romania
Processing: FastStone Image Viewer

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.

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.

Image from July 2, 2012.

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Video captures by astronomical telescope. West of the Moon.

These images are closely related to those processed in Registax which shows the same area but sharpe due the processing. These are simple video captures have been selected out as the most successful from a video.

Area is not showing large craters, but many interesting features on the western lunar disc, including Fourier (52 km) and Piazzi (101 km) craters.

Images processed in Registax 5, can be seen here: Visual astronomy. Lacroix and Fourier craters Labeled Images.

Distance: 361125 km
Phase: 98.8% (0% = New, 100% = Full)

Optical Telescope CelestronC8 "Newtonian, plossl20mm, 2x Barlow
Mount: CG5 (EQ5)
Device: Sony CX-130
Video Mode: Full HD 1920x1080 progressive
Filter: no
Date: 02/07/2012
Location: Baia Mare, Romania
Processing and editing: Sony Vegas 10 video captures

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Visual astronomy. Lacroix and Fourier craters Labeled Images.

293 frames at 84% best quality in Registax.

276 frames at 84% best quality in Registax.

2 frames at 100% best quality in Registax.

Although these craters appear as oval, they look like that because the image captures a region on the western edge of the Moon, west of Mare Humorum. Begining with this area are developed only hights reaching the unseen Moon from Earth, where we don't find low areas with large and dark basins, but only deep craters and rough areas.
In the picture below, the craters are labeled with their names, each with a color and those with names A, B, C, ..., are satellite craters of the main crater.
Listed here, are some large craters, as Fourier (52 km), Lacroix (38 km) and Palmieri (41 km).


Age of the Moon: 27 days
Distance: 360.270 km
Phase: 94.6% (0% = new, 100% = complete)

Optics: Celestron C8-Newtonian telescope, Plossl 20 mm, 2x Barlow
Mount: CG5 (EQ5)
Camera: Sony CX130
Filter: no
Date: 02/07/2012
Location: Baia Mare, Romania
Processing: Registax, FastStone Image Viewer

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