Rükl 63

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Rükl Zone 63 - CAPUANUS


Neighboring maps on the Rükl Nearside Map:

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53

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62

63

64

70

71

72

Photographic Map

(This map is based on an Earth-based photograph that has been computer-corrected to zero libration. The vertical white lines indicate the left and right boundaries of the Rükl rectangle)
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Named Features

  • Capuanus (J.Hewelcke's Insulae Didymae).
  • Cichus (Van Langren's Cantelmi).
  • Dunthorne
  • Elger
  • Emley (a disallowed name from H.P.Wilkins for Capuanus E).
  • Epimenides (see Clair-Obscur phenomenon at Additional Information below).
  • Haidinger
  • Hainzel (Van Langren's Recki, J.Hewelcke's Mons Lion).
  • Lacus Timoris (Van Langren's Rubenii, Riccioli's Rothmannus) (see also Additional Information below, clair-obscur phenomenon).
  • Lagalla
  • Marth
  • Marth's ghost / Marth's suspected ghost (two nicknames from D.Caes and A.Bozic for the east-northeastern part of a ghost crater's rim between Marth and the trio of hillocks west of Marth) (this suspected ghost crater was discovered by A.Bozic, aka SandiBandi).
  • Marth's trio (a nickname from D.Caes for the trio of hillocks west of Marth) (Marth Alpha, Marth Beta, and Marth Gamma).
  • Mee (Van Langren's Wilhelmi Lantgravii, J.Hewelcke's Mons Lion).
  • N (a "nickname" from D.Caes for the N-shaped part of Rimae Ramsden, immediately north of Ramsden itself).
  • Palus Epidemiarum (Van Langren's Mare de Popoli) (once called Bluereed Meadow, probably during the era of W.R.Birt).
  • Ramsden (Van Langren's Bervoeti, J.Hewelcke's Insulae Didymae).
  • Rima Hesiodus
  • Rimae Ramsden
  • Rupes Mercator
  • Tee-shaped depression (C.A.Wood's nickname for the curious crater at 36 degrees South/ 21 degrees West, see LPOD 18-2-2012).
  • Terra Caloris (Riccioli's discontinued name for the western part of Chart 63).
  • Weiss
  • X crater (a nickname from D.Caes for Mercator A, east-northeast of Marth) (Mercator A shows some sort of dark X on its inner slopes and floor).


Lettered Crater Locations

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Full zone with lettered craters

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Lettered craters by quadrants

(the dashed white lines are the centerlines of the Rükl zones)
North West
North East

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South West
South East


Additional Information


Clair-Obscur phenomenon (equilateral triangle of three starlike dots)

  • When the morning terminator runs at 24 degrees WEST, every dedicated telescopic observer of this part of the moon could see a curious Clair-Obscur phenomenon between Lacus Timoris and Epimenides. This Clair-Obscur phenomenon looks like an equilateral triangle made of three bright starlike dots. It was discovered several years ago by Danny Caes while looking through the restored Cooke-Steinheil refractor of the Public Observatory in Ghent - Belgium (Van Monckhoven observatory).