IWLOP #060 - Montes Caucasus
A continuation of the Montes Apennines, and part of the original edge of the Mare Imbrium impact basin.
Location: 39.0 N 9.0 E Origin: Impact Size: 445 km in length Rukl: 13 Type: Mount
Objects: Montes Caucasus, Calippus
Others Identified : Aristoteles, Bessel, Eudoxus, Mare Frigorum, Mare Serenitatis
Location: Home
Date: 2018-09-16
Time: 8:22 PM ADT
Equipment: 6" Dobsonian
Eyepiece: 10mm
Magnification: x120
Seeing: Good (3)
Transparency: Good (3)
No wind or clouds initially and then wispy clouds later in the session. Lost Moon in the trees at 9:30 PM ADT.
Moonrise: 2:17 PM Moonset: 11:47 PM
Sunset: 7:24 PM 1st Quarter: 8:16 PM
R1: Montes Caucasus is very rough located between Mare Serenitatis and Mare Imbrium, extending up to the crater Eudoxus. Calippus is located about 1/2 way up the range in the NE section of Mare Serenitatis.
C1: Observed the SE area of the range, there were 3 well-separated domes located in the area separating the 2 maria.
