Rupes Recta through Lightbridge 16

Rupes Recta, also known as the Straight Wall is a nice feature you can observe in the Moon through an amateur telescope. Here we see a video recorded throu a bid Dobsonian telescope, Meade Lightbrisge 16 inches.

Rupes Recta is a geologic fault or fracture on the lunar surface. Located in the southern hemisphere, in the southeastern part of Mare Nubium. One of the most popular satellite cliffs and one of the most common goals among amateur astronomers.

While lunar geologists have not reached the source of the trouble, many suspect that it is the remnant of a large crater that was filled by the same lava that formed the Mare Nubium.

When the sun illuminates the fault at an angle around the eighth day of its orbit, the Rupes Recta shows a broad shadow that gives the appearance of a cliff. The fault has a length of 110 km, an average width of 2-3 km and a height of 240-300 m. Although the view is just a great cliff the slope is relatively low. West of this escarpment is the crater Birt which has a diameter of 16.90 kms. Also to the west is the fault Rima Birt. In the far south is a group of mountains often called the "Stag's-Horn Mountains," although this name is not officially recognized by the IAU. To the northeast is the crater Alpetragius, and Thebit.

The Moon
Mare Nubium
22°06'S 7°48'W?
Meade Lightbridge 16"
Heavy atmospheric turbulence

Applying Deshaker filter as a VirtualDub plugin, it is possible to establish the image.

The footage may be improved by stacking several consecutive subframes and sharpening.

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• Rupes Recta
• Straight Wall
• Birt
• Alpetragius
• Thebit
• Meade
• Lightbridge 16
• telescope
• Moon
• Mare Nubium
• VirtualDub
• Deshacker
• Registax
• Turbulence

[blobrana]

Good upload

[jdastro]

Nice job using deshaker!