Astronomy Adventure – The Mare Humorum Region Of The Moon
Mare Humorum, literally Sea of Moisture, is a basalt filled basin in the southwest corner of the moon. In the photo below, near the top, you can see the rim of the large crater Gassendi in addition to the barely visible central peak in its middle. In the middle of the photo, at the southern end of the Mare is the smaller crater Vitello, again with its central peaks just barely catching sunlight. Farther below and to the left, near the terminator, are two elongated craters – Hainzel on the right and Mee to its left.
Below we can see the full extent of Mare Humorum, with Gassendi on the left of the “sea” and Vitello on the right. A ridge extends southwest from Gassendi towards the bottom of the photo and the crater Mersenius.
In the below photo, we can see Hainzel on the middle left, with the larger elongated crater Schiller in the middle of the picture. The four discernible craters on the southern edge of the moon and the lower right of the photo are Zucchius, Bettinus, Kircher, and Wilson, as you move from left to right.
Technical details:
Scope: Starblast 4.5; tracking on
Magnification: ~140x
Camera: iPhone6 using NightCap Pro; ISO 32;