January 17, 2011

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Stray Chain

LPOD-Jan17-11.jpg

south up image by George Tarsoudis, Greece

Near the bottom-middle of this view is Moretus, the Tycho look-alike near the lunar south pole. Just to the west (left in this south up image) is Curtius, a basically similar complex crater that has been aged by Tycho debris and other indignities of time. Curtius has been shallowed, its off-center peaks are just visible, and most of its terraces have been smoothed, with part of its rim crest scarp remaining. George has noticed the small slightly bent crater chain at the bottom of Curtius' floor, which shows up better on his image than on a Lunar Orbiter Chuck Wood
PS: THANKS for the 10 different image submissions received over the last two days!

Technical Details
Mosaic of three frames: Jan 13, 2011, 17:20:28, 17:26:14, 17:29:44 UT. 10 inch Newtonian Telescope @ f/6.3, camera Unibrain Fire-i 785, barlow 3X, filter red.

Related Links
Rükl plate 73
Full frame on George's website

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