Deluc crater on the Moon in images by astronomical telescope.

In these pictures we see some craters on the Moon's south. Here is Clavius ​​crater (225 km), and to his right (left in images which are inverted) is Deluc (47 km) and its smaller satellite craters scattered around him, and Clavius​​'s too.

Moon Age: 9.05 days
Phase: 70.5% (0% = New, 100% = Full)
Distance: 399.221 km

Optics: Celestron C8-Newtonian telescope, 20mm Plossl, 2x barlow
Mount: CG5 (EQ5)
Camera: Sony CX130
Filter: no
Date: 10/03/2014
Location: Baia Mare, Romania
Processing: FastStone Image Viewer

Image for orientation from 29 april 2012 Crater Deluc is labeled in green.

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List of south features of the Moon-Southern lunar Hemisphere

Southern hemisphere of the Moon is in rough terrain, heavily cratered and with mountainous areas.
At the poles, the sun is always at small angles, so this is creating a unique environment, but also some difficulties in interpreting the geological region.
The southern hemisphere of the Moon craters are very different in size, appearance and how they were formed by impacts in the past.
Personally, the most interesting craters on south, I find Tycho, a crater with rays showing a very high albedo, rays that are left behind from the initial impact, wich can be seen from Earth with the naked eye or binoculars.
Another great crater is Clavius​​, a large crater with other small craters lying inside it in a decreasing order to form a spiral.
Shiller is another crater, interesting to me because of its elongated shape similar to a caterpillar.
 On the southern hemisphere of the Moon seen from Earth, there is only a sea, Mare Nubium that penetrate down to the crater Pitatus.

There are not mountains on the Moon's southern hemisphere. Maybe were probably destroyed by countless impacts were.

Most notable craters of the Moon southern hemisphere, in alphabetical order, are:

Aliacensis
Apianus
Asclepi
Baco
Ball
Barocius
Biela
Blanchinus
Boguslawsky
Bosching
Boussingault
Brown
Buch
Casatus
Cichus
Clairaut
Clavius
Curtius
Cuvier
Cysatus
Deluc
Demonax
Deslandres
Fabricius
Faraday
Fernelius
Frisius
Gauricus
Gemma
Gruemberger
Hagecius
Heinsius
Hell
Helmholtz
Heraclitus
Hommel
Jacobi
Janssen
Kaiser
Kinau
Klaproth
Lexell
Licetus
Lilius
Longomontanus
Maginus
Manzinus
Maurolycus
Metius
Miller
Montanari
Moretus
Mutus
Neander
Nearch
Neumayer
Newton
Nonius
Orontius
Pentland
Picret
Pitatus
Pitiscus
Playfair
Poisson
Pontanus
Pontecoulant
Proctor
Rabbi Levi
Rheita
Riccius
Rosenberger
Sasserides
Saussure
Sempilius
Short
Scheiner
Schiller
Schomberger
Scott
Steinheil
Stofler
Tannerus
Tycho
Vlaq
Watt
Weiss
Werner
Wilhelm
Wurzelbauer
Zach


Seas:
Mare Nubium

Space missions on the south side of the Moon:
Ranger 9 was launched on March 24, 1965 by United States of America and was intentionally crashed on the lunar surface, on crater Alphonsus.
Ranger 9 was designed to achieve an impact trajectory and to transmit pictures of the lunar surface in high-resolution during the flight until the impact.
  Ranger 9 successfully transmitted 5814 images with a resolution of up to 1.5 m.

LCROSS United States launched the LCROSS (Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite) which was deliberately crashed into the Moon's south pole on crater Cabeus on October 9, 2009
The mission was designed to search for water ice on the lunar surface and examining the resulting cloud, caused by impact. The mission ended with the discovery of significant amounts of water.

Moon Impact Probe was launched by India, and it was deliberately crashed on 14 November 2008 at the lunar south pole.
 It had 35 kg, and was released from Chandrayaan-1 Lunar Orbiter. It was equipped with a video camera, a radar altimeter and a mass spectrometer.

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: 16/08/2011
Location: Baia Mare, Romania
Processing and editing: Sony Vegas 10

To see the photographic map of the south area of the Moon, view: Photographic map of the Moon: South Zone. Lunar Atlas.

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Tycho, Longomontanus and Maginus craters

Tycho, Longomontanus and Maginus craters, Registax frames 90% lowest quality sharp                        -click to enlarge

Tycho, Longomontanus and Maginus craters,Registax 32 frames 90% lowest quality sharp                   -click to enlarge

Tycho snapshot video                                                                                                                                                 -click to enlarge

           Tycho (85 km.). I talked about this crater in previous articles

           Longomontanus (145 km.) is located in the ancient southern highlands of the Moon, located southwest of the bright rays of Tycho crater. It is a variety of configurations, although it is actually more a circular depression on the surface. Due to its location Longomontanus appears oval when viewed from Earth.
On north (in photo) of Longomontanus is Clavius ​​(225 km.), and north-west is Maginus (163 Km.).
      Longomontanus's walls have strong previous impacts.On the southern edge it shows multiple small craters superimposed. North-west is a semi-circular ridge that looks like a lip called Longomontanus Z. Longomontanus still shows a small group of central peaks.

           Maginus is an old impact crater on north of the crater Tycho. It's a big party about three quarters the diameter of Clavius​​, which is in the top center in photo.On the south of Maginus is Proctor crater, and on north is DeLuc.



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

The photos below have the same description but are just snapshots (video captures)

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Registax Maginus crater on the Moon. Lunar craters.

83 video frames, in Registax.

250 video frames, in Registax.

122 video frames, in Registax.

Maginus (163 km) is an ancient lunar impact crater located to the southeast of the crater Tycho. It's a large formation almost three quarters the diameter of Clavius, which is in the upper left in the photo. North of Maginus is Proctor crater (52 km), and to the south is Deluc (47 km). Maginus has a depth of 4.3 km.

In the photos above, Maginus crater floor is very visible. Maginus A at the left of the crater, has a diameter of 14 km.

The area captured in these images is much wider. We can delight our eyes with craters in the vicinity, such as Orontius (122 km), Heraclitus (90 km) and Licetus (75 km).

Moon Age: 9.05 days
Phase: 70.5% (0% = New, 100% = Full)
Distance: 399.221 km

Optics (telescope or lenses): Celestron C8-Newtonian telescope, eyepiece 20mm Plossl, 2x barlow
Mount: CG5 (EQ5)
Camera: Sony CX130
Filter: no
Date: 10/03/2014
Location: Baia Mare, Romania
Processing: Registax,  FastStone Image Viewer

Image of 29 April 2012.

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Good shoot of Zach crater on the Moon through telescope.

426 video frames in Registax.

1 video frames in Registax.

240 video frames in Registax.

Zach (71 km) and Lilius (61 km) craters are located in a beautiful but "disturbed" area of the Moon, with craters of all sizes, namely the south of it.
Zach has a diameter of 71 km and a depth of 3.7 km. It seems though elongated seen from Earth as it is located near the edge of the Moon.

The name of Zach crater comes from Baron Franz Xaver von Zach (Franz Xaver Freiherr von Zach) (June 4, 1754 – September 2, 1832) was a Hungarian astronomer born at Pest, Hungary (now Budapest in Hungary). He studied physics in Pest, Hungary, and served for some time in the Austrian army.
He taught at the University of Lemberg (now Lviv, Ukraine). He lived in Paris in 1780-83, and in London from 1783 to 1786 as tutor in the house of the Saxon ambassador, Hans Moritz von Brühl. In Paris and London he entered the circles of astronomers like Joseph de Lalande, Pierre-Simon Laplace and William Herschel. In 1786 he was appointed by Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg director of the new observatory on Seeberg hill at Gotha, which was finished in 1791.

Other craters that are visible in photos are Moretus (114 km), Deluc (47 km), Gruemberger (94 km), Cysatus (49 km), Curtius (95 km) and Short (71 km).

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.

Moon Age: 9.05 days
Phase: 70.5% (0% = New, 100% = Full)
Distance: 399.221 km

Optics (telescope or lenses): Celestron C8-Newtonian telescope, eyepiece 20mm Plossl, 2x barlow
Mount: CG5 (EQ5)
Camera: Sony CX130
Filter: no
Date: 10/03/2014
Location: Baia Mare, Romania
Processing: Registax,  FastStone Image Viewer

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