Sharp images of west craters on the Moon by telescope.

Although we think we look at the edge of the Moon, especially as we look at the top of the pictures, the  craters becoming more oval , hinting that are on the edge, we are actually only close to the edge , but we’re still not there. The darkness on the top is actually the terminal , that phase of the Moon at that time, the area between light and shadow .

Observe larger craters flooded by the dark. They appear to be the same size . These ones are arranged in a zig -zag , and although 3 are visible, 4 craters are actually there, called from left to right: Kircher (73 km) , Bettinus (71 km) , Zucchius (64 km) and Segner (67 km) , the latter being flooded by lava , leaving only its lip on the surface .

From Zucchius to Schiller , observe a smooth valley which is in contrast to most of the rugged cratered terrain. This ” valley ” has on it a few large craters : Weigel A (17 km), B (37 km) , and Rost A (39 km), being the closest to the caterpillar-shaped crater , Schiller (180 km) .

Circular and eroded crater at the bottom of images, is Scheiner (110 km) and his left is another, similar in size , called Blancanus (105 km) .
Klaproth (119 km) , over which is superimposed Casatus (111 km) crater is seen on the left in the image , close to the terminal.
These images are processings in Registax program , of a video taken with the camera attached to the telescope.

Video: Great video of south craters of the Moon.

Age of the Moon: 11 days
Distance: 386 658
Phase: 85% (0% = New, 100% = complete)

Optical Telescope Celestron C8 “Newtonian, plossl 20mm, 2x Barlow
Mount: CG5 (EQ5)
Device: Sony CX-130
Video Mode: Full HD 1920×1080 progressive
Filter: no
Date: 23/03/2013
Location: Baia Mare, Romania
Processing and editing: Sony Vegas 10