BIRT
Directory Section - 54

BRIEF DESCRIPTION
The eastern part of Mare Nubium with many wrinkle ridges. Not far from the crater Birt is Rupes Recta, the "straight fault", the most remarkable fault on the Moon. When illuminated from the east it casts a wide shadow which is  clearly visible through even a small telescope. In the setting Sun it resembles a fine white line. Larger telescopes reveal a cleft Rima Birt between the craters Birt E (4.9x2.9 km/600 m) and Birt F (3.1 km/470 m). Refer to your copy of the Antonin Rukl lunar atlas chart, page 135.

EARTH BASED TELESCOPIC IMAGES:
Consolidated Lunar Atlas: http://cass.jsc.nasa.gov/research/cla/menu.html

Image - Lippershey (Poyet)
Image - Pitatus (Poyet)
Image - Rupes Recti (John Sussenbach)
Image - Rupes Recta (Alfredo Zanazzo - trischiefspiegler 12,5" f=20, webcam image)
Image - Rupes Recta (Cristian Fattinnanzi - 200mm f6 newton at f:30 with a Vesta pro phiulips webcam)
Image - RupesRecta (Dittmer)
Image - Rupes Recta, close-up (Dittmer)
Image - Rupes Recta, low sun angle (Ferreira)
Image - Rupes Recta, interesting shadow of Birt (Ferreira)
Image - Rupes Recta (Genovese)
Image - Rupes Recta, High-Res 9" S/C, two views (Legault)
Image - Rupes Recta, (Legault)
Image - Rupes Recta & Birt (Poyet)
Image - Rupes Recta, large MPS mosaic of region (Cidadao)
Image - Rupes Recta with illuminated slope (Plate 10-02, Pictorial Guide to the Moon)

LUNAR ORBITER IMAGES:
Digital Orbiter Photographic Atlas of the Moon: http://cass.jsc.nasa.gov/research/lunar_orbiter/
Birt, 6.8 km
Birt, Rima
Hesiodus, 43 km
Lassell, 23 km
Lippershey, 6.8 km
Nicollet, 15.2 km
Nubium, Mare
Pitatus, 97 km
Pitatus, Rimae
Recta, Rupes
Taenarium, Promontorium
Wolf, 25 km

APOLLO IMAGES:
Apollo Image Atlas: http://cass.jsc.nasa.gov/research/apollo/index.html
Lassell
http://images.jsc.nasa.gov/images/pao/AS16/10075823.jpg
Mare Nubium
http://cass.jsc.nasa.gov/expmoon/Apollo16/A16metric1972.gif