IWLOP #007 – Furnerius & Fraunhofer
Furnerius is an old eroded crater with Nectarian ejecta on its floor. Compare this ancient crater with younger Petavius to the northeast.
Objects: Furnerius, Furnerius B, Fraunhofer, Fraunhofer B
Others Identified: Rimae Furnerius
Observation 1:
Location: Home
Date: 2020-05-25
Time: 10:06 PM ADT
Equipment: 6" Dobsonian, 9.7 mm eyepiece + x2 Barlow
Magnification: x250
Transparency: Good (3)
Seeing: Good (3)
R1: Furnerius, Furnerius B, Fraunhofer and Fraunhofer A all easily located south of Petavius. Compared to Petavius, the walls of Furnerius showed very little terracing; west exterior wall is cratered. The north wall looks like lava covered it as there was no noticeable rim.
Observation 2:
Location: Home
Date: 2020-08-22
Time: 10:14 PM ADT
Equipment: 6" Dobsonian, 9.7 mm eyepiece + x2 Barlow
Magnification: x250
Transparency: not recorded
Seeing: not recorded
C1: Rima Furnerius appears as a very faint ridge just above crater B and goes across the crater floor. Showed a very light and thin shadow. Petavius A was also located on the crater wall, and almost appeared as if Rimae Furnerius pointed to it.
