BRIEF DESCRIPTION
Western part of Oceanus Procellarum and the western limb of the
Moon. Bright rays radiate from the crater Olbers. The area contains the
soft-landing site of the Soviet automatic probe Luna 13. Refer to your
copy of the Antonin Rukl lunar atlas chart, page 61.
EARTH-BASED TELESCOPIC IMAGES:
Image
- Kraft (Massey)
LUNAR ORBITER IMAGES:
Lunar
Orbiter Database
Balboa, 70 km
http://cass.jsc.nasa.gov/research/lunar_orbiter/img/4-188H2.jpg
http://cass.jsc.nasa.gov/research/lunar_orbiter/img/4-182H2.jpg
Bartels, 55 km
http://cass.jsc.nasa.gov/research/lunar_orbiter/img/4-188H3.jpg
Briggs, 37 km
http://cass.jsc.nasa.gov/research/lunar_orbiter/img/4-170H1.jpg
http://cass.jsc.nasa.gov/research/lunar_orbiter/img/4-175H1.jpg
http://cass.jsc.nasa.gov/research/lunar_orbiter/img/4-174H3.jpg
http://cass.jsc.nasa.gov/research/lunar_orbiter/img/4-169H3.jpg
Dalton, 61 km
http://cass.jsc.nasa.gov/research/lunar_orbiter/img/4-188H2.jpg
Eddington, 125 km
http://cass.jsc.nasa.gov/research/lunar_orbiter/img/4-174H3.jpg
Einstein, 170 km
http://cass.jsc.nasa.gov/research/lunar_orbiter/img/4-188H2.jpg
http://cass.jsc.nasa.gov/research/lunar_orbiter/img/4-188H3.jpg
Krafft, 51 km
http://cass.jsc.nasa.gov/research/lunar_orbiter/img/4-169H2.jpg
http://cass.jsc.nasa.gov/research/lunar_orbiter/img/4-174H2.jpg
Krafft, Catena
Russell, 103 km
http://cass.jsc.nasa.gov/research/lunar_orbiter/img/4-174H3.jpg
http://cass.jsc.nasa.gov/research/lunar_orbiter/img/4-175H1.jpg
Seleucus, 43 km
http://cass.jsc.nasa.gov/research/lunar_orbiter/img/4-169H3.jpg
Struve, 170 km
http://cass.jsc.nasa.gov/research/lunar_orbiter/img/4-182H3.jpg
http://cass.jsc.nasa.gov/research/lunar_orbiter/img/4-174H3.jpg
Voskresenskiy, 50 km
http://cass.jsc.nasa.gov/research/lunar_orbiter/img/4-188H3.jpg
RESEARCH UPDATES:
Moon Shot Series
- Luna 13 (Lunascan)
Krafft (Lunascan)
AS15-98-13361
- Oceanus Procellarum near Seleucus (AOTM, SP-362)
AS15-2618(M)
Oceanus Procellarum (AOTM, SP-362)