Astrophotography. Taruntius crater on the Moon.

Taruntius (56 km) is located southwest of Mare Crisium basin and the northern Mare Fecunditatis. It is a crater that can not be seen with ordinary binoculars, but through an astronomical telescope.

On the northwestern edge of it, we distinguish a small crater named Cameron (11 km).

Taruntius is surrounded by a pile of debris excavated from the impact. In the center are two peaks attached together.

Images processed in Registax here.
To view the video visit this article.

Registax, 194 frames at 70% best quality

Age of the Moon: 17 days
Phase: 93% (0% = New, 100% = full)
Distance: 394.960 km


Optics: Celestron C8-Newtonian telescope, 20 mm Plossl, 2x barlow
Mount: CG5 (EQ5)
Camera: Sony CX130
Filter: no
Date: 31/12/2012
Location: Baia Mare, Romania
Processing: FastStone Image Viewer

Image for orientation from 18 october 2010.

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HD Video by astronomical telescope. Taruntius crater and western Crisium basin

These are astronomical telescope HD video images with Taruntius crater (56 km) and west of Crisium basin on the eastern Moon, as seen from Earth.


  The night of 30 to 31 January 2012 was one with an atmosphere quite clean, but very frosty. Images consequently come up to be satisfying with video camera mounted on the telescope.


In this video, I have extracted several frames in Registax program, to form some clear pictures that can be seen in the article: Taruntius crater and on the border of area Mare Fecunditatis-Tranquillitatis. Telescope Images .


  Also at 3:00 minute, the telescope moves it's attention to craters north of Taruntius, at Proclus (28 km), the bigger one Macrobius (64 km) on the west of the Crisium basin, and the beautiful crater called Picard (23 km)  located on Mare Crisium. Images in Registax of these craters, you can see in the article: Wonderful pictures of western Mare Crisium and crater Picard on the Moon .

I've talked more about these regions, in the articles specified above.



Optics: CelestronC8 "-Newtonian telescope, plossl20mm, 2x Barlow
Mount: CG5 (EQ5) motorized
Device: Sony CX-130
Video mode: Full HD progressive 1920x1080
Filter: no
Date: 31/12/2012
Location: Baia Mare, Romania
Processing and editing: Sony Vegas 10

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Taruntius crater on the border of area Mare Fecunditatis-Tranquillitatis. Telescope Images

204 frames at 75% best quality



194 frames at 70% best quality

Images in this article captures eastern Moon, south-west of Mare Crisium. Here, we see central in all images, Taruntius crater (56 km), which is not deep in contrast to its size. On the floor of the east, is Rimae Taruntius.

  This crater, is between the two basins, Mare Tranquillitatis and Mare Fecunditatis. Between the two, there is located a mountain range called Montes Secchi. These mountains are not seen in these images, being further south.

   Notice a small crater located on the north-west of Taruntius. That's Cameron crater, only 11 km in size, with a conic shape. This form is visible under other lighting conditions.

On Taruntius's floor, we can distinguish several peaks located centrally. Other notable craters in this images, are Lawrence (24 km), Da Vinci (38 km), Asada (12 km) and Watts (15 km).


  Images are processed in Registax, of a video that have taken more shots, merged to form a single image.

Age of the Moon: 17 days
Phase: 93% (0% = New, 100% = full)
Distance: 394.960 km

Optics: Celestron C8-Newtonian telescope, 20mm Plossl, 2x Barlow
Mount: CG5 (EQ5) motorized
Camera: Sony CX130
Filter: no
Date: 31/12/2012
Location: Baia Mare, Romania
Processing: Registax, FastStone Image Viewer

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Video Taruntius crater on the Moon.

Taruntius (56 km), is a crater located between Mare Tranquillitatis and Mare Fecunditatis. This video has inverted images as seen through the telescope. The atmosphere was very bad, but the idea is good to know where the crater is.





Optics: CelestronC8 "-Newtonian telescope, plossl20mm, 2x Barlow
Mount: CG5 (EQ5)
Device: Sony CX-130
Video mode: Full HD progressive 1920x1080
Filter: no
Date: 03/09/2012
Location: Baia Mare, Romania
Processing and editing: Sony Vegas 10

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