Around Aristarchus


Aristarchus
Illumination 96.7% - colongitude 68°
Aristarchus
2003 Dec 06 - C8 at f/28 - ToUcam Pro - 50 frames stacked in Registax - wavelet filter

Exceptionally bright crater with some very bright ejecta to the west. Aristarchus is quite young, only about 450 million years old. Vallis Schröteri is a remarkable rille located to the northwest of Aristarchus.

 

Mons Rumker
Illumination 96.7% - colongitude 68°
Mons Rumker
2003 Dec 06 - C8 at f/28 - ToUcam Pro - 34 frames stacked in Registax - wavelet filter

Large complex of lunar domes.

 

Aristarchus Plateau
Illumination 99,3% - colongitude 84,6°
Aristarchus
2002 Dec 18 - C8 at f/15 - Vesta Pro - 8 frames stacked in Registax - wavelet filter

 

Aristarchus
Illumination 88% - colongitude 57°
Aristarchus
2003 Feb 13 at 21:54UT - C8 at f/15 - ToUCam Pro - 20 frames stacked in Registax - wavelet filter

Quite a different appearance when close to the terminator

 

Struve
Illumination 99,3% - colongitude 84,6°
Struve
2002 Dec 18 - C8 at f/15 - Vesta Pro - 8 frames stacked in Registax - wavelet filter

Old walled plain in contact with Russell to the north and Eddington to the east.

 

Repsold
Illumination 99,3% - colongitude 84,6°
Repsold
2002 Dec 18 - C8 at f/15 - Vesta Pro - 8 frames stacked in Registax - wavelet filter

Repsold is the large crater near the top


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