El Mar de la Serenidad seencuantra en la cuenca Serenitatis, que es del periodo Nectariano. El basalto cubre la mayor parte de la cuenca. Destaca en una de sus bordes el cráter Posidonius. En el borde del mar no se distingue ningún anillo a excepción de los Montes Haemus. Este mar es un ejemplo de mascon, lo que da lugar a anomalías gravitatorias.

Mare Frigoris, se encuentra al norte del Mare Imbrium. El cráter circular de la parte inferior de la imagen es Plato.

Mare Serenitatis is located within the Serenitatis basin, which is of the Nectarian epoch. The material surrounding the mare is of the Lower Imbrian epoch, while the mare material is of the Upper Imbrian epoch. The mare basalt covers a majority of the basin and overflows into Lacus Somniorum to the northeast. The most noticeable feature is the crater Posidonius on the northeast rim of the mare. The ring feature to the west of the mare is indistinct, except for Montes Haemus. Mare Serenitatis connects with Mare Tranquillitatis to the southeast and borders Mare Vaporum to the southwest. Mare Serenitatis is one example of a mascon, an anomalous gravitational region on the moon.

Mare Frigoris is a lunar mare located just north of Mare Imbrium, and stretches east to north of Mare Serenitatis. The mare is in the outer rings of the Procellarum basin. The basin material surrounding the mare is of the Lower Imbrian epoch, while the eastern mare material is of the Upper Imbrian epoch, and the western mare material is of the Eratosthenian epoch.

The dark circular feature just to the south of Frigoris is the crater Plato.

Copernicus tiene algunos picos centrales (no visibles en la images) que se elevan hasta 1 200 m sobre el fondo del cráter, mientras Erastosthenes tiene un borde muy bien definido, con terrazas interiores, y montañas centrales. Son muy bonitas las rrapas de eyyeción de material.

Copernicus has a some central peaks (not seem on the image) consist of three isolated mountainous rises climbing as high as 1.2 km above the floor. These peaks are separated from each other by valleys, while  Erastosthenes has a well-defined circular rim, terraced inner wall, central mountain peaks, an irregular floor, and an outer rampart of ejecta. It lacks a ray system of its own, but is overlain by rays from the prominent crater Copernicus to the south-west.

Clavius se puede detectar a simple vista. Se muestra como un corte en el terminador poco después del Cuarto Creciente. es una de las formaciones más antiguas de la Luna, que se formó hace -4 500 m.a.

El Monte Pico asciende hasta los 2 300 m Debido a su situación aislada, produce unas sombreas espectaculares.

Clavius can be detected with the unaided eye. It appears as a prominent notch in the terminator about 1–2 days after the Moon reaches first quarter. The crater is one of the older formations on the lunar surface and was likely formed during the Nectarian period about 4 billion years ago.

Mons Pico climbs to a height of 2.3 km. It is an isolated formation on the lunar mare, this peak can form prominent shadows when illuminated by oblique sunlight during the lunar dawn or dusk.

Autolycus es un crater de impacto situado al sureste de Mare Imbrium. Archimedes está al oeste de esta formación, y tiene el doble de tamaño de este cráter. Al norte de Aristylus hay varios cráteres antiguos, casi cubiertos.

Autolycus is a lunar impact crater that is located in the southeast part of Mare Imbrium. West of the formation is Archimedes, a formation more than double the size of Autolycus. Just to the north is Aristillus, and the outer ramparts of these two craters overlap in the intermediate stretch of the lunar mare.

Este cráter tiene un sistema de rayos de hasta 600 km. En general el anillo es circular, con terrazas que descienden paulatinamente hacia el interior. En el centro de crater se encuentran tres picos de unos 900 m (no visibles en la imagen) En esta imagen se observa el amanecer en el borde este del cŕater.

The crater impact created a ray system that extends for a distance of over 600 kilometers. The rim is generally circular in form. The inner walls of the rim have a terraced surface, and descend to a relatively rough interior that has not been flooded with lava. In the middle of the crater is a set of three clustered peaks, which rise to a height of about 0.9 km. In this image, we show the dawn on eastern border.

 

Los montes Apeninos es una cordillera prominente del hemisferio norte de la Luna. Esta cordillera bordea la parte sur del Mare Imbrium, mientras que el el norte limita las regiones boreales de Terra Nivium. Comienza justo en el borde del crater Eratóstenes.

Montes Apenninus are a rugged mountain range on the northern part of the Moon's near side. They are named after the Apennine Mountains in Italy. This range forms the southeastern border of the large Mare Imbrium lunar mare and the northwestern border of the Terra Nivium highland region. It begins just to the west of the prominent crater Eratosthenes, which abuts against the southern face of the range. To the west of these mountains is a narrow gap where Mare Imbrium in the north joins Mare Insularum to the south. Further to the west are the Montes Carpatus mountains.

Albategnius es un cráter lunar antiguo localizado en la zona central de la Luna. Su interior consta de unas terrazas amuralladas con cierta forma hexagonal, erosionada por impactos. El anillo exterior tiene en su borde el craer Klein.

Albategnius is an ancient lunar impact crater located in the central highlands. The level interior forms a "walled plain", surrounded by the high, terraced rim. The outer wall is somewhat hexagon-shaped, and has been heavily eroded with impacts, valleys and landslips. It attains a height above 4,000 meters along the northeast face. The rim is broken in the southwest by the smaller crater Klein.

Incluso con la campaña de esta oposición casi terminando, aún merece la pena realizar alguna observación. La menor altura del planeta sobre el horizonte, el polvo sahariano en suspensión, y la turbulencia hacen difícil obtener una buena imagen.

In few weeks, Jupiter won't  be visible, however you can observe it in the western horizont as a -1 magnitude star below bright Venus. At this moment, Jupiter's observation is difficult by poor seeing and saharian dust.

 

Las primeras imágenes de Saturno no son de buena calidad, y fueron tomadas en noches con algo de calima.Los anillos y algún detalle en las atmósfera son visibles.

Two Saturn's images were taken with bad seeing (and some Saharian dust in atmosphere). Saturn's rings and some bands are clearly visible.

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