The craters Manzinus and Mutus

The cratered  Southern Highlands of the Moon taken with my QHY5v colour planetary video camera, my 127mm refractor and a 3x Televue Barlow lens

I am quite pleased with this image which shows quite a lot of detail particularly on the walls to the crater Manzinus. In my image, Manzinus appears elliptic but in reality the crater is almost circular. Its elongated shape is caused by its proximity to the lunar edge not far from the south pole. We can see the crater wall so well because of the oblique view and the angle of illumination.

Immediately above and to the west of Manzinus is the crater Mutus. Mutus is roughly circular and slightly smaller in size than Manzinus. The smaller crater Mutus B can be seen sitting within the crater and craters Mutus Q and V are located within the crater but close to the western rim. Outside and just above Mutus are the smaller craters Mutus C and N.
 

Key locations for Manzinus and Mutus in my image

Manzinus is a lunar crater, roughly circular with a diameter of 98 km and a depth of 3.8 km, which is located in the southern region of the Moon's near side. It lies less than one crater diameter to the south-southwest of the crater Mutus, and to the northwest of Boguslawsky. The latter is a crater with nearly the same dimension and a comparable appearance to Manzinus.
The outer rim of Manzinus is worn, eroded, and somewhat irregular. The outer rim to the north-northeast is joined to the smaller Manzinus R, and the crest along that side is lower and forms a saddle. There is a cluster of small craters along the southern side that partly overlap each other, consisting of the craters D, E, G, and N. The heavily eroded satellite crater Manzinus A lies along the southeastern inner wall. Similarly the small crater Manzinus S lies along the northern inner wall, and the cup-shaped Manzinus J overlies the northwest rim.
The interior surface has been resurfaced in the past, and now forms a level, featureless plain that is marked only by a few tiny craterlets. The floor has the same albedo as the surrounding terrain. The crater is named after the Italian Renaissance: mathematician, astronomer, scientist and lens maker, Carlo Manzinus (1599–1677/1678).

Mutus is a lunar crater that is located in the rugged southern part of the Moon. It lies to the north-northeast of the larger crater Manzinus, and some distance to the south of Hommel. It is 78 kilometers in diameter and 3.7 kilometers deep. It is from the Pre-Nectarian period, 4.55 to 3.92 billion years ago.
The outer rim of Mutus is worn and eroded, with a pair of small but notable craters, Mutus A and Mutus V, lying across the eastern rim. A number of other tiny craters lay along the rim and the interior wall. Another crater, Mutus B, is located on the crater floor, just to the south of the midpoint. The remainder of the interior is relatively flat, and punctuated by several tiny craterlets to the north of Mutus B. Mutus is named for Vincente Mut (Muth), a 17th-century Spanish astronomer and sailor.

 

Manzinus and Mutus up close and personal.

 
 Credits: Wikipedia