Copernicus Crater, 13.7 days 96.3%  
Moon

Copernicus crater		  
 
Date: 2013-02-23
Time: 23:50h

Lunation: 13.67d
Phase: 22.2º
Distance: 387710kms
Apparent diameter: 30.82º
Colongitude: 72.5°
Illumination: 96.3%
Rise:  15h56m
Transit: 22h56m
Set: 5h14m


COPERNICUS
Type: Crater
Geological period: Copernician (From -1.1 billions years to present days)
 
Size:
Dimension: 95.0x95.0Km / 56.0x56.0Mi
Height: 3760.0' / 11400.0ft
Height/Wide ratio: 0.0404
 
Description:
Young and isolated formation with hexagonal form. Bright rays all around.
Very steep slopes dominant Mare Insularum of 900 m tormented and supporting Fauth to the South and Gay-Lussac to the North.
Floor flatter to the North that to the South. Three central mountains (1200 m). Hills and ruins in the arena.
 
Observation:
Interest : Exceptional formation
Observation period: 2 days after First Quarter or 1 day after Last Quarter
Minimal Instrument: 50 mm refractor
 
Position:
Longitude: 20.0° West
Latitude: 9.7° North
Quadrant: North-West
Area: Copernic crater region
 
Atlas:
Rukl map: 31 Copernicus
Viscardy page:  294
Hatfield map: 5 e4
Westfall Atlas: 018C 024C 029C 191C 201C
Charles Wood article: ST02/01 MM15 MM47 L100/005
Lunar Orbiter: IV-114-M IV-121-H1 IV-121-H2 IV-126-H2  IV-126-M IV-133-M IV-138-M
 
Name Origine:
Detailed Name: Nicolas Copernic
16 th century polish Astronomer born in Poland
Born at: Torun in 1473
Dead at: Frauenburg in 1543
Important Facts: Canon of Frauenburg in 1479. Doctor of the university of Ferrare in 1503. Author of the 'De revolutionibus orbium coelestium ' in 1543 presenting the heliocentric system in which the Earth and planets turn around the Sun.

Name Author: Riccioli (1651)
Name by Langrenus: Philippi IV
Name by Hevelius: Insula Sicilia + Mons Aetna
Name by Riccioli: Copernicus
 
  
 
Technical details:  
Location:  
 Valdemorillo - Spain
Date:  
 23/02/2013 (dd/mm/yyyy)
Conditions:  
 Bad
Temperature:  
 2ºC
Humidity:  
 normal
 
Telescope:  
 Clestron 9.25 f/10
Reducer/corrector:  
 TAL Barlow 2x
Filter:  
 Astronomik IR Pro 742nm
Mount:  
 Orion Atlas EQG
Camera:  
 DMK 21AU618
Exposure:  
 5000 frames @30fps AVI video
Guiding tube:  
 No guiding
Guiding camera:  
 No guide camera
Guiding software:  
 No guide software
 
Procesing:  
 RegiStax 6 and PixInsight  
Notes:  
  
     

 
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