Tag: copernicus

  • Sinus Iridum and Copernicus

    Sinus Iridum and Copernicus

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    Luca Zanini
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    Sinus Iridum (Bay of Rainbows) is a lava plain north of the Mare Imbrium, bounded by the Montes Jura and lying between Promontorium Heraclides and Promontorium Laplace. The Copernicus crater, 96 kilometers in diameter, features a terraced inner wall and three central peaks; further north lies the Montes Carpatus range, with a maximum height of…

  • Moon

    Moon

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    Luca Zanini
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    I post some photos of the Moon taken on the night of September 4, 2025. The first photo shows the southwest quadrant of the Moon; at the top left there is Palus Epidimiarum, a flat area crossed by numerous rime slopes, to the right, on the terminator line, there is Schickard crater (227 km in…

  • Montes Carpatus

    Montes Carpatus

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    Luca Zanini
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    The mountain formation in the center of the photo are the Montes Carpatus that are several peaks separated by deep valleys.The large crater just below is Copernicus while the crater near the right edge of the photo is Eratosthenes and between them you see the ghost crater Stadius, the rest of an ancient impact crater…

  • The Moon: Plato and Copernucus craters

    The Moon: Plato and Copernucus craters

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    Luca Zanini
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    On the night of December 26th 2020 I photographed the Moon 12 days after the new moon, then a crescent moon just some days before the full moon phase.