A crater that is very elongated, perhaps as a result of a very low-angle impact or the merging of two crater structures. The Schiller-Zucchius Basin is the remains of a very large, ancient impact.
Origin: Impact Diameter: 179 x 71 km Rukl: 71 Type: CC & Basin
Objects: Bayer, Phocylides, Rost, Schiller, Schiller-Zucchius Basin, Weigel, Zucchius
Location: Home
Date: 2019-03-18
Time: 8:09 PM AST
Equipment: 6” Sky-Watcher Dobsonian
Eyepiece: Meade Super Plössl 9.7mm
Magnification: x120
Seeing: Very Good (2)
Transparency: Very Good (2)
RI: Schiller's distinctive, long, fairy wide size was what caught my eye first thing.
R2: Bayer was a small oval-shaped crater in the NW. Rost and Weigel were in the SE. Weigel appeared as part of the SE shore/mountainous area of the Basin. Rost looked deeper than Weigel.
C1: The Schiller-Zucchiius Basin was similar in shade to the floor of the crater Schiller, and was relatively smooth except for the formations along its N and SW shores.
