Aristoteles and Eudoxus - the “Bike Wheel” lunar craters

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Photographer:

Bluenose Astro

Location of Photo:

Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Date/Time of photo:

7 September 2020 05:16 AT

Equipment:

Celestron C8 200mm f/10 Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope, SkyWatcher EQ6R mount, and a ZWO ASI290MM CMOS camera

Description:

• Aristoteles and Eudoxus craters are prominent; however, the image also shows some of Mare Frigoris and the northern part of the Caucasus Mountains and Mare Serenitatis, including the impressive Posidonius crater. Aristoteles and the smaller Eudoxus are a distinctive pair of craters joined by an arc of mountains. Together, these two craters and mountains resemble a bicycle and rider.