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    May 19, 2022 2 minutes

    Hortensius

    Type: Crater

    Size: 15km

    Longitude/Latitude: 28˚ W, 6.5˚ N

    Age: Less than 1.1 billion years Best time to see: Two days after first quarter (9 June) or one day after last quarter (22-24 June)

    Minimum equipment: 100mm refractor

    is a small round crater in , the Sea of Islands. It sits to the south. Another way to locate it, which will be more phase-friendly, is to first identify the circular form of 34km , a crater at the western end of the range which borders the southern shores of . lies 280km to the south of T.Mayer, just south of the midpoint between T. Mayer and 40km Lansberg.

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