IWLOP #081 - Maginus
Large, prominent, pre-Nectarian Era crater.
Location: 50.0 S 6.2 W Origin: Impact Size: 163 km Rukl: 73 Type: Complex Crater (CC)
Objects: Maginus, Maginus A, Maginus C, Heraclitus, Lilius, Deluc
Others Identified: Licetus, Pictet, Proctor, Saussure, Street, Tycho
Observation 1:
Location: Home
Date: 2019-06-10
Time: 10:15 PM ADT
Equipment: 10" Meade SCT, 12 mm eyepiece + x2 Barlow
Magnification: x416
Seeing: Very Good (4)
Transparency: Good (3)
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R1: The floor of Maginus was quite rough. Maginus A not seen. C1: Heraclitus and Licetus in the east look like a small car. Deluc looks like Mickey Mouse with A and D adjacent, smaller and maybe deeper. |
Observation 2:
Location: Home
Date: 2021-03-22
Time: 9:54 PM ADT
Equipment: 10" Meade SCT, 4.7 mm eyepiece
Magnification: x530
Seeing: not recorded
Transparency: not recorded
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R1: Maginus A easily seen. Part of the floor in the central area between the twin peaks and Maginus C looked darker than other areas. C1: Lilius has a central peak and several small craters units NW rim; crater C has impacted its SE wall. |