Phocylides is a prominent crater and crater Wargentin is a very interesting, unique flooded structure that is filled to its brim with lava.
Origin: Impact / Volcanic Diameter: 114 km, 84 km Rukl: 70 Type: SImple Crater/Complex Crater
Objects: Nasmyth, Noggerath, Phoclides, Phocylides C, Wargentin
Location: Home
Date: 2019-03-18
Time: 7:55 PM AST
Equipment: 6” Sky-Watcher Dobsonian, 9.7 mm eyepiece with x2 Barlow
Magnification: x240
Seeing: Very Good (2)
Transparency: Very Good (2)
RI: Wargentin is narrow and dark-floored compared to Phocylides with it's rounder and steep sides.
R2: Nasmyth and Phocylides have similar shading and colour on their crater floors. Crater C appears shallow-sided and a little lighter in colour.
C1: Noggerath, in the east, has 3 or 4 craters on its W and SW sides.