Montes Apenninus, Montes Haemus, Mare Vaporum, Rimae Hyginus and Ariadaeus
June 17, 2021
Please forgive the odd orientation of this photo. It was taken while I was setting up the telescope and obtaining focus, before I fussed with orientation. Clouds were threatening, and I wanted to get at least one shot before they shut me down.
The terrain of and surrounding the Montes Haemus fascinates me. The high peaks on the left are the Montes Apenninus; they mark the outer rim of the huge Imbrium impact basin (everything on the far left). The Montes Haemus are the scoured-looking hills and valleys extending towards the right from the Montes Apenninus. This terrain was scarred at the time of the Imbrium impact by the cataclysmic high-velocity wave of incandescent rock and vapor that was ejected by the impact.
Below the Montes Haemus is the bird-in-flight shaped Rima Hyginus. To the right of Rima Hyginus is the linear Rima Ariadaeus, and below Rima Hyginus is the network of the Rimae Triesnecker.
Between Rima Hyginus and the Montes Apenninus is the basalt plain of Mare Vaporum.
Immediately above Rima Hyginus is a dark region of hills, the Mare Vaporum pyroclastic deposits. Volcanic processes in this area covered the terrain with pyroclastic materials that darkened it relative to the surrounding area.
Best 30% of 1709 frames.
Celestron Edge HD8
ZWO ASI 290MM
No filter
Montes Apenninus, Montes Haemus, Mare Vaporum, Rimae Hyginus and Ariadaeus
June 17, 2021
Please forgive the odd orientation of this photo. It was taken while I was setting up the telescope and obtaining focus, before I fussed with orientation. Clouds were threatening, and I wanted to get at least one shot before they shut me down.
The terrain of and surrounding the Montes Haemus fascinates me. The high peaks on the left are the Montes Apenninus; they mark the outer rim of the huge Imbrium impact basin (everything on the far left). The Montes Haemus are the scoured-looking hills and valleys extending towards the right from the Montes Apenninus. This terrain was scarred at the time of the Imbrium impact by the cataclysmic high-velocity wave of incandescent rock and vapor that was ejected by the impact.
Below the Montes Haemus is the bird-in-flight shaped Rima Hyginus. To the right of Rima Hyginus is the linear Rima Ariadaeus, and below Rima Hyginus is the network of the Rimae Triesnecker.
Between Rima Hyginus and the Montes Apenninus is the basalt plain of Mare Vaporum.
Immediately above Rima Hyginus is a dark region of hills, the Mare Vaporum pyroclastic deposits. Volcanic processes in this area covered the terrain with pyroclastic materials that darkened it relative to the surrounding area.
Best 30% of 1709 frames.
Celestron Edge HD8
ZWO ASI 290MM
No filter