Named for Oswald Avery (1877-1995), born in Halifax, NS. US Physician and DNA researcher.
A bowl-shaped impact crater on the edge of Mare Smythii [L3], west of Haldane. Former name Gilbert U. Libration Object.
Diameter: 9 km Rukl: 49 & IV
Objects: Avery, Haldane, Mare Smythii
Location: Home
Date: 2024-05-15
Time: 10:25 PM ADT
Equipment: 10" Meade SCT
Eyepiece: 20mm Founder binocular eyepiece
Magnification: x120
Temperature: 11° C
Seeing: Fair (2)
Transparency: Fair (2)
Because of the liberation, Avery did not appear to be round. It was a small crater west of the longer Haldane, and it was so exciting to realize that little crater was the object of this search. Don't think it was very deep but that perception may have been due to the libration and the amount of illumination.
