3towers Observatory Lunar Features: Geminus - Hypatia
All images are oriented with the Lunar North at the top and the
Lunar West to the left. The Lunar features are usually listed by their Latin names as taken from Rukl 2004.
(See also The Lunar 100)
Lunar Features|Lunar 100|Moon Halos|Lunar Webcam Imaging|Lunar Eclipses
| Lunar
Feature |
Lunar Age in
days (rounded down) |
Thumbnail
Image |
Comments |
| Geminus |
16 days |
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| Hainzel |
13 days |
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Hainzel is the odd
shaped crater just below center. The crater at top
center is Capuanus. |
| Harpalus |
20.67 days |
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| Hercules, Atlas |
16 day |
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Hercules is the
crater with a small inner crater. Atlas is next to
Hercules and has dark spots. Endymion is the
large, flat crater Northeast of Atlas. |
| Hevelius,
Cavalerius |
13 days |
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From center top to
bottom the craters are Reiner, Cavalarius, and Hevelius.
Reiner Gamma is partially visualized at top center. |
| Hypatia |
7 days |
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Theophilus and
Cyrillus are the prominent craters below center. Madler
is to the East (right) of them. Hypatia is the smaller,
flat keyhole shaped crater above and left of center. It
is on the Western Edge of Sinus Asperitatis which
occupies most of the center of the image. Mare Nectaris
is at the lower right hand corner of the image. |
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