Pictures by telescope. Julius Caesar, Agrippa and Godin.

Julius Caesar (90 km) is a large crater in size with a low southern edge and an interesting feature at east as more craters lined up and at west is a ditch named Rima Ariadaeus.

The floor of this crater is divided in two shades. Probably because of the basin Mare Tranquillitatis on the east, so a part of the floor is darker.

Craters Agrippa and Godin (45 and 35 km.) are left in images and Sosigenes is located at Julius Caesar's southeast.

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.

Image from April 10, 2011.

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Rima Ariadaeus and Julius Caesar Pictures by telescope

Rima Ariadaeus goes eastward over the wavy terrain between Agrippa and Julius Caesar, to meet with Mare Tranquillitatis border to the east. Rima Ariadaeus is 220 km long, and in some places is 9 km wide. It is one of the most impressive Rille of the Moon.
Note the large eroded crater Julius Caesar (90 km) to the northeast.
Other features that are seen here are Sinus Honoris, craters like Ross, Maclear and Sosigenes, Plinius and Menelaus.

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

The above image was created on Date: 10.02.2011 Location: Baia Mare, Romania, Processing: Sony Vegas 10 video capture.

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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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Julius Caesar Moon crater

Photographer: Victor Lupu
Optics: Celestron C8-Newtonian telescope, plossl 20mm, 2x Barlow
Mount: CG5 (EQ5)
Device: Sony CX105
Filter: No
Date: 10/02/2011
Location: Baia Mare, Romania
Processing: 10 Sony Vegas, video captures
         Julius Caesar (90 km), is a lunar crater flooded by lava, with low, irregular and heavily worn walls, and with a depth of 3.4 km. It is located west of Mare Tranquillitatis and Manilius crater southeast of the Mare Vaporum. To the east is Sosigenes (18 km). Julius Caesar has levels on the interior, especially in the south-vest.The northern half interior has a darker albedo than the south. Most likely the floor was covered by the impact that created the Imbrium basin. There are a number of residues which overlap along the edge of the south and north-eastern edge. A low ridge crosses the floor in the northeast section of the crater.
Crater name comes from Gaius Julius Caesar (13 July 100 BC - 15 March 44 BC), who was a roman general and statesman. He played a critical role in the gradual transformation of the Roman Republic into the Roman Empire.
Other craters in the photos are Agrippa and Godin and Boscovich (46 km).

Photographer: Victor Lupu
Optics: Celestron C8-Newtonian telescope, plossl 20mm, 2x Barlow
Mount: CG5 (EQ5)
Device: Sony CX105
Filter: No
Date: 10/04/2011
Location: Baia Mare, Romania
Processing: 10 Sony Vegas, video captures

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