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Mare Crisium, Macrobius and Cleomedes crater.		  
 
CLEOMEDES CRATER:
Type: Walled plain
Geological period: Nectarian (From -3.92 billions years to -3.85 billions years)

Size:
Dimension: 129.0x129.0Km / 76.0x76.0Mi
Height: 0.0
Height/Wide ratio: 0.0238

Description:
Circular formation.
Steep slopes supporting many craterlets whose Tralles to the North-West and Delmotte to the South-East.
Pretty high walls overlapped to the North-West by Cleomedes A and E and to the South by Cleomedes C.
Large flat floor filled with lava and supporting Cleomedes B and J and Rimae Cleomedes. Small mountain off-center.

Observation:
Interest : Exceptional formation
Observation period: 3 days after New Moon or 2 days after Full Moon

Position:
Longitude: 55.5° East
Latitude: 27.7° North
Quadrant: North-East
Area: North-West edge of Mare Crisium

Atlas:
Rukl map: 26 Cleomedes
Viscardy page: 306
Hatfield map: 3c7 / 3d7 / 4d2
Westfall Atlas: 303N/C 309C 315C 105N 112N 119N/C 124N
Charles Wood article: MM98

Name Origine:
Detailed Name: Cleomede
2 nd century BC greek Astronomer born in Greece
Born at: ? in about 150 BC
Important Facts: Author of a treaty of astronomy called 'Theory of circular movements of celestial bodies '.
Name Author: Riccioli (1651)
Name by Langrenus: Moura
Name by Hevelius: Montes Riphaei
Name by Riccioli: Cleomedes


MACROBIUS CRATER
Type: Crater
Geological period: Lower Imbrian (From -3.85 billions years to -3.8 billions years)

Size:
Dimension: 66.0x66.0Km / 39.0x39.0Mi
Height: 3700.0m / 11200.0ft
Height/Wide ratio: 0.0578

Description:
Circular formation. Forms a couple interesting with Tisserand.
Steep slopes supporting Macrobius O to the South-East and Tisserand to the East.
Very high walls with terraces supporting the craterlet Macrobius C to the South-West.
Flat floor. Central mountain. Hills.

Observation:
Interest : Exceptional formation
Observation period: 4 days after New Moon or 3 days after Full Moon

Position:
Longitude: 46.0° East
Latitude: 21.3° North
Quadrant: North-East
Area: North-West edge of Mare Crisium

Atlas:
Rukl map: 26 Cleomedes
Viscardy page: 264
Hatfield map: 3d6 / 4d1
Westfall Atlas: 315N/C 323N 328C 124N 131N/C 135C

Name Origine:
Detailed Name: Ambrosius Macrobius Theodosius (or Macrobe)
5 th century roman Writer born in Rome
Dead at: 490
Important Facts: Works on the Latin grammar. Author of a collection of poems called the 'Saturnales'.
Name Author: Riccioli (1651)
Name by Langrenus: Tucheri
Name by Hevelius: Mons Cimmerius
Name by Riccioli: Macrobius


MARE CRISIUM
Type: Sea
Geological period: Nectarian (From -3.92 billions years to -3.85 billions years)

Size:
Dimension: 638.0x638.0Km / 375.0x345.0Mi
Height: ?
Height/Wide ratio: Unknown height. Impossible calculation.

Description:
Formation with crater shape lengthened West East. Very flat floor with ring of wrinkle ridge to the periphery and ghost craters to the South.
Craterlets. 176 000 km2. 3.85 billion years old.

Observation:
Interest : Exceptional formation
Observation period: 3 days after New Moon or 2 days after Full Moon

Position:
Longitude: 59.0° East
Latitude: 17.0° North
Quadrant: North-East
Area: Moon East-North-East limb

Atlas:
Rukl map: 27 Plutarch
Viscardy page: 263
Hatfield map: 3c5 / 4c1
Westfall Atlas: 303C 309C 313C Q4E 099N 105N 112N 119N 124N
Charles Wood article: ST12/00 MM91 L100/010

Name Origine:
Detailed Name: Sea of Crises
Name Author: Riccioli (1651)
Name by Langrenus: Mare Caspium
Name by Hevelius: Palus Maseotis
Name by Riccioli: Mare Crisium		  
 
Technical details:  
Location:  
 Valdemorillo - Spain
Date:  
 06/01/2007 (dd/mm/yyyy)
Conditions:  
 Normal
Temperature:  
 ?ºC
Humidity:  
 ?
 
Telescope:  
 Meade SC8" f/10
Reducer/corrector:  
 No reducer
Filter:  
 No filter
Mount:  
 Meade LXD Autostar
Camera:  
 Celestron NexImage SC1, ONCM firmware
Exposure:  
 302frames@5fps
Guiding tube:  
 No guiding
Guiding camera:  
 No guide camera
Guiding software:  
 No guide software
 
Procesing:  
 Procesado original con RegiStax.
Re-procesado en enero/2009 con AviStack. 		 
Notes:  
 Deduced data for focal used (no observing notes).  
     

 
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