Michael Hotka's
Req. #18 - Furnerius, Furnerius AObservation
Observe on Lunar Day (after New Moon): 3 or 16
Lunar Day Seen: 3
Date/Time: 11/7/2021 17:45 Local Time
Location: 1425 Snowberry Lane, Broomfield, CO
Seeing: G
Transparency: 4
Instrument Used: 8" f/6 Newtonian Telescope
Magnification: 203x
Estimated Lunar Epoch: Furnerius - Pre-Nectarian, Furnerious A - Eratosthenian
Actual Lunar Epoch: Unknown. Couldn't find any reference to the Epoch.
Reasoning/Description: Furnerius's walls old and worns down. Has many craters all over it. Furnerius A has sharp salls and is very small.
Sketch (click for larger image)
Furnerius A is the small, your crater, half shadowed on the lower left (about 8 o'clock) on Furnerius's crater wall, which is the larger, older crater in this image.
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