[AZ-Observing] Hommel and Pitiscus

Hello folks;

The terminator on the Moon cut through some interesting areas on Friday morning 
and so I rolled the roof back on the 7 inch Maksutov and took a look.  I was 
attracted to the area south of Janssen and that included two craters that I had 
no notes on from past observing.  This in on Rukl #75.

Hommel is a large crater with slumped walls.  There are many tiny craters on 
the flat floor of this crater, so the smooth floor is broken with many 
craterlets at 335X.  There is a prominent, elongated central peak.  Hommel "A" 
is a prominent crater on the northeast wall of Hommel, it has a central peak 
and bright walls.  Hommel "H" is between Hommel and Pitiscus, this crater has a 
small crater dead center.  So, instead of a central peak, Hommel H has a 
central depression.  

Pitiscus is to the north-north east of Hommel and has a double central peak and 
a flat floor with terraced walls.  There are several linear features across the 
floor.  They are drawn on the Rukl map.  Are these called "rilles"?  I didn't 
find any mention of them in the text.  

There is some very rough, hummocky (sp?) terrain between Pitiscus and Janssen.  
Lots of interesting detail in that area.

All in all, a fun hour or so;
Steve Coe

stevecoe@xxxxxxxxx
Author:  Deep Sky Observing--The Astronomical Tourist
Saguaro Astronomy Club web site:
www.saguaroastro.org

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