Around Plato
Pythagoras
Illumination 96.7% - colongitude 68°
2003 Dec 06 - C8 at f/28 - ToUCam Pro - 30 + 26 frames - Registax - mosaic of 2 images
Plato and Alpine Valley - 05 March 2001
C8 at f/10 - Vesta Pro - 8 frames stacked in Registax (reprocessed Dec 2002)
Overview of Montes Alpes (The Alps) with Plato and Vallis Alpes
North Pole region with Goldschmidt
Illumination 0,614 - colongitude 14° - day 8
2003 Jan 11 - C8 at f/10 - ToUCam Pro - 20 frames stacked in Registax - wavelet filter
Goldschmidt is the large crater near the terminator to the upper left of image center. It is a wrecked formation crushed by Anexagoras to the west responsible for bright rays near the pole near Full Moon
Plato - 05 March 2001
C8 at f/28 - Vesta Pro - 8 frames stacked in Registax (reprocessed 15 Dec 2002)
Plato is lava-filled crater between 3,2 and 3,8 billion years old. The flat crater floor is scarred with a number of small craterlets, often used as a test for the resolving power of telescopes.
Vallis Alpes (Alpine Valley) - 05 March 2001
C8 at f/28 - Vesta Pro - 8 frames stacked in Registax (reprocessed 15 Dec 2002)
Immense fault cleaving the Alps. The origin of the Valley is not clear. A 700 meter wide rille at the bottom runs the entire length of the valley. This rille requires good optics and good seeing to be seen visually, the image here shows a hint of it.
Sinus Iridum
Illumination 75 % - colongitude 38° - day 9 Moon
2003 Mar 13 - C8 at f/11 - ToUCam Pro - 30 frames stacked in Registax
Sinus Iridum means 'The Bay of Rainbows' which does not seem quite undeserved considering the different hues of the surface in this area.
Sinus Iridum
Illumination 79 % - colongitude 43° - day 10
2003 April 12 - C8 at f/20 - ToUCam Pro - 30 frames stacked in Registax