IWLOP #027 – Sinus Amoris (The "Bay of Love")
Long, slightly troughed, gentle drop in elevation to Mare Tranquilitatis. The flow of lava seems to have been from west to east, from the area around Maraldi, and then southward.
Location: 19.0 N 38.0 E Origin: Volcanic Size: 250 km Rukl: 25 Type: Bay
Objects: Sinus Amoris, Montes Taurus, Römer, Maraldi, Mons Maraldi, Hill, Carmichael
Others Identified: Theophrastus
Location: Home
Date: 2021-04-20
Time: 9:34 PM ADT
Equipment: 10" Meade SCT, 4.7 mm eyepiece + x2 Barlow
Magnification: x1060
Seeing: Good (3)
Transparency: Very Good (4)
R1: Montes Taurus appeared as a raised cratered area. Römer was a slightly elongated circular crater with wide slumped walls. Its central peak was wide and slightly elongated. The tiny crater in its north wall was quite bright compared to the coloration in the walls and floor.
R2: Maraldi is dark-floored with irregular SE and NW walls. Mons Maraldi, north of the crater, is a small oblong structure that is not very high.
R3: Hill and Carmichael are to the east. Their west interior walls were quite bright making them easy to identify.
