The moon : $b a full description and map of its principal physical featuresElger, Thomas Gwyn
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The moon : $b a full description and map of its principal physical features
Elger, Thomas Gwyn
Moon
Hypatia B. A very small bright crater on a dark surface: surrounded by a
faint nimbus.
Apollonius. Among the hills S. of this, there is a small bright streak
system.
Eimmart. There is a large white spot N.W. of this.
Geminus is associated with a system of very delicate rays.
Menelaus. A brilliant object. It is traversed by a long ray from Tycho.
SECOND QUADRANT.
Anaxagoras. The centre of an important ray-system.
Timocharis is surrounded by a pale irregular nimbus and faint rays, most
prominently developed on the W. side of the formation.
Copernicus. Next to Tycho, the most extended ray-centre on the visible
surface. Some distance on the E., in E. long. 25 deg., N. lat. 11 deg.,
lies a very small but conspicuous system, and in E. long. 22 deg., N.
lat. 8 deg. a bright light spot among little hills.
Gambart A. A bright crater with large nimbus and rays.
Landsberg A. A light-surrounded crater on a dark surface, with
companions, referred to under the Third Quadrant.
Encke. There is a light-surrounded crater S. of this.
Kepler. A noted ray-centre. It is surrounded by an extensive halo,
especially well developed on the E., across the Mare Procellarum.
Bessarion. Two bright craters: the more northerly is prominently
light-surrounded, while its companion is less conspicuously so.
Aristarchus.--The most conspicuous bright centre on the moon, the
origin of a complicated ray-system.
Delisle. S. of this formation there is a tolerably bright spot on the
site of some hills.
Timaeus. A ray-centre.
Euler. Feeble halo with streaks.
Galileo. Between this and Reiner is a curious bright formation with short
rays, referred to in the Catalogue, under Reiner.
Cavalerius. A light streak originating in the W. wall, and extending on
to the Oceanus Procellarum.
Olbers. A considerable ray-system, but seldom distinctly visible.
Lichtenberg. Faintly light-surrounded.
THIRD QUADRANT.
Tycho. The largest and best known system on the visible surface.
Zuchius. A remarkable ray-system, but one which is only well seen when
libration is favourable.
Bailly. N. of the centre of this great enclosure are two very distinct
radiating streaks.
Schickard. Four conspicuous light spots, probably craters, on the S.E.
Byrgius A. A brilliant ray-centre, most of the rays trending eastward
from a nimbus.
Hainzel. There are several bright spots E. of this formation.
Mersenius. Two or three light-rays originate from a point on the W.
rampart.
Mersenius C. A light-surrounded crater with short rays.
Grimaldi. There are three bright spots on the W. wall.
Damoiseau. A light-surrounded crater W. of Damoiseau, E. long. 58 deg.,
S. lat. 6 deg.
Flamsteed C. A light-surrounded crater on a dark surface.
Lubieniezky A. Crater with halo on a dark surface.
Lubieniezky F. Crater with halo on a dark surface.
Lubieniezky G. Crater with halo on a dark surface.
Birt _a_. A light-surrounded crater.
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