Telescope images. Plinius crater on Mare Serenitatis.

We are in an area of the moon with craters small in number on Mare Serenitatis and Mare Tranquillitatis. Most prominent crater, is Plinius (43 km). It is located between the two seas. I've talked many times about it.
 These images may be subject and other visible features such as a few lakes, lakes as Gaudii, Lenitatis and Hiemalis, south-west of Menelaus.

Plinius (43 km) is a polygonal crater, prominent, with a crumpled collar and a beautiful rocky floor. At its northern can be found Rimae Plinius, a set of three linear rilles, each about 100 km long, which looks like the cat's scratch. The crater is complex, with several central mountains. The appearance of this crater is changing considerably in different lighting conditions.

On the 'sharp tooth' as of a predator that comes between the two major seas Serenitatis and Tranquillitatis, there are many features, such as Montes Haemus more to root of the 'tooth', crater Menelaus, and at its left are the three lakes which are arranged in a triangle: Gaudii, Hiemalis and Lenitatis. Auwers crater (20 km), lies south-east of Menelaus. We can't go without mentioning Sinus Honoris, which is on the outside of the 'sharp tooth', nor the crater Julius Caesar (90 km.), which can be seen in the left.

Magnitude: -10.82
Phase: 0.46
Distance: 399.283 km
Illuminated: 45.6% (0% = New, 100% = Full)

Astronomical instrument: Celestron C8-Newtonian telescope,
Eyepiece: Plossl 20mm, 2x Barlow
Mount: CG5 (EQ5)
Camera: Sony CX130
Filter: no
Date: 30.01.2012
Location: Baia Mare, Romania
Processing: FastStone Image Viewer

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.

Photo made on July 20, 2011.

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Craters on border between Mare Serenitatis and Tranquillitatis. Telescope images.

This is a beautiful region of the Moon, particularly in these light conditions when the sun fully hitsthe lunar soil, because it's easier to observe the boundary between Mare Serenitatis and Tranquillitatis. Also crater Plinius (43 km) and Menelaus (27 km) shine, but also most craters are glowing, which resembles rings of different shapes and sizes.

These images may be subject and other visible features such as a few lakes that I have discussed in other articles, lakes as Gaudii, Lenitatis and Hiemalis, south-west of Menelaus.

In these images we actually see how much the lava spread sought to flood all areas of the Moon, but failed to do so completely, leaving the surface heights which we identify the characteristics of white on the left.

486 video frames in Registax.

955 video frames in Registax.

Magnitude: -12.10
Phase: 0.96%
Distance: 402.464 km
Illuminated: 96% (0% = new, 100% = full)

Astronomical Instrument: Celestron C8-Newtonian telescope, plossl 20mm, 2x Barlow
Mount: CG5 (EQ5)
Camera: Sony CX105
Filter: no
Date: 08.11.2011
Location: Baia Mare, Romania
Processing: Registax 5 FastStone Image Viewer

In the pictures 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.

Photo made in May 11, 2011.

Photo made in July 20, 2011.

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Moon in amazing colors. Plinius and Mare Serenitatis / Tranquillitatis

145 frames at 85% best quality in Registax.

210 frames at 90% best quality in Registax.

Before talking about craters and other features, I want you to fully look at this lunar landscape. I can not take my eyes off from nuances of colors that exist in the east area of the Moon. Note therefore that the Moon is not what you think, gray, but animated by color, which to some people might seem strange.

Most of photographed Moon on the internet is black / white, as many believe the color images diminishes clarity. In some cases this is true, but only when the camera lens or Multi-coated eyepiece, add some extra color, by their fault. But the Moon itself has interesting colors that should not be overlooked. Take the example of these images which speak for themselves, where we see a little of the two major basins Mare Serenitatis and Mare Tranquillitatis.
 
There was no added colors or worked at their levels. Quite the opposite. In the first picture I just dropped the brightness, and resulted the natural color out of the lunar soil.

Between the two basins, there is a crater named Plinius (43 km), and one that has a high albedo and shows rays, left in picture, at 225 Km from Plinius, named Menelaus (27 km).
Video captures: Plinius and Menelaus craters on Mare Serenitatis/Tranquillitatis on the Moon.

Plinius and Menelaus craters on Mare Serenitatis/Tranquillitatis on the Moon - See more at: http://lupuvictor.blogspot.ro/2013/02/plinius-and-menelaus-craters-on-mare.html#sthash.09uxj99E.dpuf

Age of the Moon: 7 days
Phase: 51% (0% = New, 100% = Full)
Distance: 384.488 km

Optics: Celestron C8-Newtonian telescope, 20 mm Plossl, 2x Barlow
Mount: CG5 (EQ5)
Camera: Sony CX130
Filter: no
Date: 29.04.2012
Location: Baia Mare, Romania
Processing: Images in Registax, FastStone Image Viewer


 

Photo made ​​on 11 May 2011, with the same astronomical instruments.

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Plinius and Menelaus craters on Mare Serenitatis/Tranquillitatis on the Moon

Plinius and Menelaus, located on the eastern Moon, at a distance of 227 km from each other from center to center, have a common characteristic, namely both have peaks in the center. Otherwise, Pliny is larger, more visible even through small telescopes, especially because it's located on the Tranquillitatis basin plateau, close to the mountain region Promotorium Archerusia. But Menelaus has an advantage compared to Plinius: the rays of a very intense albedo spreading in 3 directions: east, south and west, due to the impact of lunar scattered material. We understand that by dropping a stone in the sand ..

These images have areas of intense color, in which in the basin Serenitatis and Tranquillitatis's delimitations are observed. This phenomenon is observed only when the Sun illuminates the Moon at a high angle, otherwise, at a low angle, the colors are practically unnoticed.

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

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

Photo above was made in May 11, 2011, with the same astronomical instruments.

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Pliny lunar crater can be of volcanic origin.

Pliny (43 km) is a polygonal crater, prominent, with a crumpled collar and a beautiful rocky floor. At its northern can be found Rimae Plinius, a set of three linear rilles, each about 100 km long, which looks like the cat's scratch. The crater is complex, with several central mountains. The appearance of this crater is changing considerably in different lighting conditions.


Pliny should be a good candidate for being volcanic in origin, not an impact crater. Pliny's central peak may be a volcanic cone surrounded by a ditch caused by the volcano. But we can not know this unless a geologist will fly there for a better study.

Promontorium Archerusia mountains and crater formation Dawes lies north-west and north east.

Optics: Celestron C8-Newtonian telescope, 20 mm Plössl, 2x barlow
Mount: CG5 (EQ5)
Camera: Sony CX130
Filter: no
Date: 04/27/2012
Location: Baia Mare, Romania
Processing: video captures, FastStone Image Viewer


Photo above is made ​​in 20.07.2011, with the same astronomical instruments

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Video by telescope. Plinius and the surrounding seas

Images are upside down, as seen through the telescope.
Telescope spins in the area between Mare Serenitatis and Mare Tranquillitatis, and is highlighted especially Plinius crater that lies on the border between the two large Mares. In this film there are craters like Dawes, 18 km, where in the video is located southwest of Plinius, Menelaus of 27 km, and Julius Caesar 90 km, at the top of the screen. Promotorium Archerusia is the white portion forming a "horn" and mountain formations like Montes Haemus.

Plinius, 43 km, located at 5.4 N, 23.7 E, dated from Erathostenian era, is a complex crater with more central mountains, whose appearance changes considerably in different lighting conditions.



Video: Victor Lupu
Optics: CelestronC8 "-Newtonian telescope, plossl20mm, 2x Barlow
Mount: CG5 (EQ5)
Device: Sony CX-130
Video mode: Full HD progressive 1920x1080
Filter: no
Date: 29/04/2012
Location: Baia Mare, Romania
Processing and editing: Sony Vegas 10

Photo above is made ​​in 20.07.2011, the same astronomical instruments.

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Plinius between two large seas Pictures by astronomical telescope

The Moon is much less geologically active than Earth. Unlike Earth's crust, whose multiple tectonic plates overlaps and collides and gave rise to mountain areas or destroyed bottom seas, the Moon's crust is a rigid single plate. A series of Moon features results from the deformation of the crust, which include compression (shortening) and tension (extension). Tectonic features are well illustrated around Humorum and Serenitatis basins.

The complex crater Plinius with many mountains, changes it's appearance considerably in different lighting conditions. It is located between Mare Serenitatis and Tranquillitatis.
Around Plinius there is is a lighter blanket caused by the impact and irregular hills on the floor to the north.
Notice some arched rilles, including Rima Plinius, north of Plinius and the darker surrounding. Darker areas show lava flows that prior the bright inner sides of Mare Serenitatis lava sinking. Also note Promontorium Archerusia and Dawes crater.

Photographer: Victor Lupu
Optical Reflector Telescope Celestron C8-Newtonian inch, 20mm Plössl, 2x Barlow
Mount: CG5 (EQ5)
Camera: Sony HDR CX105 to 8x optical zoom
Total Magnification: 800x
Filter: No
Date: 20/07/2011
Location: Baia Mare, Romania
Processing: video captures

              Photo above was made on 20.07.2011.

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Wonderful Moon video Serenitatis-Tranquillitatis seas area through the telescope.

Certainly, in this video below are much to see. This is because here are many types of moon features such as seas, lakes, craters and mountains. For example, I never saw Menelaus crater (27 km.) in these shadows. It lies on the southwest edge of Mare Serenitatis and is immersed in a nearly total darkness. Only the imterior western wall is in sunlight.

      On the 'sharp tooth' as of a predator that comes between the two major seas Serenitatis and Tranquillitatis, there are many features, such as Montes Haemus more to root of the 'tooth', crater Menelaus, and at its left are the three lakes which are arranged in a triangle: Gaudii, Hiemalis and Lenitatis. They can be seen closer in the last photo of this article.

      Auwers crater (20 km), lies south-west of Menelaus. We can't go without mentioning Sinus Honoris, which is on the outside of the 'sharp tooth', nor the crater Julius Caesar (90 km.), which can be seen in the lower left corner of the video.
At the end of the 'sharp tooth' is Promotorium Archerusia, named after the promoters of the Black Sea on Earth. The 'tooth' seems to be heading towards to 'smash' the solitary crater Plinius (43 km.), which is located between the two seas, but it misses. In the right of Plinius, is a smaller crater, only 18 km, Dawes, wich is lying on the sea plateau too, and is surrounded by a higher albedo.



Video: Victor Lupu
Optics: CelestronC8 "-Newtonian telescope, plossl20mm, 2x Barlow
Mount: CG5 (EQ5)
Device: Sony CX-130
Video mode: Full HD progressive 1920x1080
Filter: no
Date: 27/04/2012
Location: Baia Mare, Romania
Processing and editing: Sony Vegas 10

         Photo above is made out in May 11, 2011,with  the same astronomical instruments.

         Photo above is made out in February 10, 2011,with the same astronomical instruments.

         Photo above is made out in July 20, 2011,with the same astronomical instruments.

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Video images through the telescope

Moon, from north to south, the middle region. These regions are full of impacts.



Craters Manilius and Menelaus in the clouds. Between the two craters are the three lakes: Gaudii, Lenitatis and Hiemalis.


 Horseshoe-shaped Julius Caesar crater, is at the bottom of the video, and Plinius, located on Mare Tranquillitatis.

Video: Victor Lupu
Optics: CelestronC8 "-Newtonian telescope, plossl20mm, 2x Barlow
Mount: CG5 (EQ5)
Device: SonyCX105 at 7x optical zoom
Total Magnification: 700x
Filter: no
Date: 20/07/2011
Location: Baia Mare, Romania
Processing and editing: Sony Vegas 10

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Registax: Moon Telescope Images: Astronomy Report: crater Plinius.

Figure 1 and 2: 117 frames, 90% Lowest quality.

This lunar area is interesting because it presents craters with a lot of space between them and with different features. Take for instance the crater Plinius, the only crater in this area with a prominent central peak.

Plinius (43 km), lies on the border between Mare Serenitatis and Mare Tranquillitatis. At southeast is the crater Ross (26 km) and north-east is Dawes (18 km). To the north, is a system of trenches called Rima Plinius. Northwest of these cracks is Promontorium Archeruia.

Plinius's edge is slightly oval, with a terraced inner wall, and does not have a visible ray system. The floor is hilly, and in the middle is an irregular peak that looks like a double crater under certain angles of illumination. Eastern half of the floor is much smooth than the west.
Plinius has a depth of 4.3 km.

Other craters of these images processed in Registax, are: Menelaus (27 km), al-Bakri (12 km), Dawes (20 km), Maclear (20 km), Sosigenes (18 km), Julius Caesar (90 km) and the 3 lakes: Gaudii, Lenitatis and Hiemalis.
In some links, the results will not have those articles entitled with craters you are looking to see, but  are presented in their content.

The photo above was made ​​on May 11, 2012 and I presented it to see the difference between the Moon photographed with the sun at a low angle, when the shadow craters reveals different features of the lunar area, where everything is gray , and the photo of May 11, 2011, when the sun is at a greater angle, and shows us another face of the Moon, with colours, the soil composition is distinguished , a kind of 'scan' of the Moon .

Photographer: Victor Lupu
Optics: Celestron C8-inch reflector telescope-Newtonian, plossl 20mm, 2x Barlow
Mount: CG5 (EQ5)
Camera: Sony HDR CX105 to 8x optical zoom
Total Magnification: 800x
Filter: No
Date: 20/07/2011
Location: Baia Mare, Romania
Processing: Registax

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Between Mare Serenitatis and Tranquillitatis

Photographer: Victor Lupu
Optics: Celestron C8-Newtonian telescope, plossl 20mm, 2x Barlow
Mount: CG5 (EQ5)
Device: Sony CX105
Filter: No
Date: 11/05/2011
Location: Baia Mare, Romania
Processing:  video captures
Between the two large seas Serenitatis and Tranquillitatis, there is this "claw" which are Haemus mountains and some craters as Menelaus or-Bakri.
In these photos is observed the border between these two great Mare,by the color composition of the soil. Mare Serenitatis has a lighter color, and Tranquillitatis ,darker.Crater Plinius is on the top of the "claw".

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