Pontécoulant crater. Pictures by telescope

Pontécoulant (91 km), is a prominent impact crater that is located in the south-east of the Moon, which has a depth of 1.8 km. Because of its position, appears oval in shape seen from the Earth and it is difficult to see much detail. Nearby craters Hanno (56 km) north-east, and on south, comparable in size, is Helmholtz.

This crater has a terraced inner wall, which is almost circular, but with an outward extension to the south-est.B The rim is somewhat affected, but retains many details. Pontécoulant partially overlaps Pontécoulant E (44 km), a crater wich is older, on the southern edge.

Crater's name is Gustave Doulcet Philippe, Comte of Pontécoulant (1795-1874), who was a French astronomer.

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

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Astronomic Video-lunar craters through telescope Watt Steinheil Pontecoulant

In the video below that has a pretty good quality, are lunar craters from south-east to Moon's terminal.The largest of them are: large crater Janssen, the overlapping craters Watt and Steinheil, Biela and the large crater Pontecoulant that is located at the terminal.

Photo images of this video are here and here.



Video: VictorLupu
Optics: CelestronC8 "-Newtonian telescope, plossl20mm, 2x Barlow
Mount: CG5 (EQ5)
Device: SonyCX105 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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