Hi all,
We're now looking at the well known Copernicus region also including Carpatus mons.
http://www.lazzarotti-hires.com/2010...copernico.html
Beyond the nice moonscape we all know, I'd like to draw your attention to some very elusive rilles which are extremely hard to pick from ground based telescopes.
Those are the Draper rille which is barely visible here on the top-left corner as an U shaped line tilted by 45 degs and another (for me) unknown rille whose a small portion is visible in the extreme top-right corner of the image.
I could just find a couple of images of the Draper rille, none of the two was taken from Earth:
Lunar Orbiter:
http://www.lpod.org/coppermine/album...-126H_LTVT.JPG
Apollo 17 (left side only):
http://www.hq.nasa.gov/alsj/a17/AS17-139-21291HR.jpg
These 2 images from space are quite self-speaking about this tiny rille snaking close to the Carpatus!
And if someone is knowing the other rille, please tell me its name!
Thank you in advance and...
More to follow.