IWLOP #063 - Airy, Arglander & Vogel

IWLOP #063 - Airy, Arglander & Vogel

Relatively prominent features in an otherwise difficult-to-navigate Southern Highlands to the west of Ablfeda. 

Location: 16.5 S 5.8 E    Origin: Impact     Size: 37 km (Airy), 34 km (Argelander), 27 km (Vogel)     Rukl: 56    Type: Complex Craters (CC)

Objects: Airy, Arglander, Vogel
Others Identified : Albategnius

Location: Home
Date: 2021-03-21
Time: 8:28 PM ADT
Equipment: 10" Meade SCT, 4.7 mm eyepiece
Magnification: x530
Seeing: Very Good (4)
Transparency: Very Good (4)

R1: All three craters are south of Albategnius in a line.

Vogel
Easily see the crater plus Vogel A & B. A long gas appears out of Vogel and goes south into Arglander.

Arglander
Two small craters near the north rim plus a central peak that seems lower than Airy's peak.

Airy
Crater walls appear more sloped than Arglander's walls. Taller central peak. Craters on northeast and south rims.

 
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