3towers Observatory Lunar Features: John Herschel - Licetus
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.
John Herschel is
the large flat crater with small inner craters
above
and right of center. North of it is Anaximander.
South of John Herschel is Babbage with a large shadowed
inner crater.
Kepler
11.7 days
Kepler
12.3 days
Kepler
14.7 days
Kepler
21.7 days
Kepler
23.6 days
Kepler
23.7 days
Lacus Somniorum
6 days
Lacus Somniorum is
the Mare in the center of the image above the crater
Posidonius. The Eastern portion of Mare Serenitatis is
evident, mainly in shadow.
Lame
14.9 days
Last Quarter Montage
22 days
LeVerrier
10 days
LeVerrier is the
crater bottom center. To the West of it is Helicon which
is slightly larger. Plato is near the upper right hand
corner. Sinus Iridum lies near the terminator.