are two

craters

located in

the northwest part

of the Moon. Between

them is

a distance of

30 km from

one edge

to the other.

Although they are

close

they

have

large differences between them,

both

size

and

inside

For example

(87

km),

the largest

has a

floor "

all over

it

Hercules

(

well defined

smooth

floor

with another

smaller

crater on its

floor,

to

Southeast,

named

Hercules

G

(14

km).

Also the depth of the two craters is different : Atlas, even if it is large, has a depth of just 2 km , compared to Hercules, which is 3.2 kilometers deep.



In these two clips , the image is upside down as seen through the telescope . Images are not always clear , but have periods when you can see quite a few features of this area.



Other craters seen in the video , are Oersted , south - east of the Atlas , which is barely recognized as a crater because it was almost completely flooded by lava , Keldysh (33 km), located between Atlas and Hercules to the north, and Burg (40 km), which is the Lacus Mortis . : Atlas,, compared to, the image is, but, southeast of the, which is

Optics: CelestronC8 "-Newtonian telescope, plossl20mm, 2x Barlow

Mount: CG5 (EQ5)

Device: Sony CX-130

Video mode: Full HD progressive 1920x1080

Filter: no

Date: 03/09/2012

Location: Baia Mare, Romania

Processing and editing: Sony Vegas 10

Related Posts : Craters-Hercules and Atlas, Videos of the Moon

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