IWLOP #042 – Sinus Asperitatis

Joins Mare Tranquilitatis to Mare Tranquilitatis just to the north of Theophilus.

Location: 6.0 S 25.0 E    Origin: Impact and Volcanic     Size: 180 km     Rukl: 46, 47    Type: Bay

Objects: Sinus Asperitatis, Torricelli
Others Identified: Craters A, B, F, R, T; Hypatia, Mädler, Theophilus

Location: Home
Date: 2020-08-31
Time: 10:15 PM ADT
Equipment: 6" Dobsonian, 9.7 mm eyepiece + x3 Barlow
Magnification: x371
Seeing: Very Good (4)
Transparency: Very Good (4)   

R1:  This area has a rough surface, especially between Hypatia and Theophilus. A particular raised rough area between Torricelli and Theophilus - perhaps remnants of a crater wall (?). Toricelli appears to be shaped like a piece of candy corn.

C1: Torricelli looks like a crater within another well worn crater. One of the walls was observed as obliterated due to an overlapping impact.

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