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за март 2005 года.
A Great View of Copernicus
10.03.2005 | Лунное фото дня
Some evenings when we take our first look into the eyepiece the view of the Moon is startling in its starkness and beauty. This image captures that feeling of awe that the Moon invokes more than any other celestial object.
Foundering in a Sea of Indecipherable Details?
9.03.2005 | Лунное фото дня
This is a blatant advertisement. But it is specifically directed at, and hopefully of interest to people who are fascinated with the Moon. I use many methods to communicate my passion and understanding...
One Good Occultation Deserves Another
7.03.2005 | Лунное фото дня
John Robinson and Arthur Coombs, the hard-observing duo who are the only people to have imaged all the Lunar 100, made this great record of the Feb 27 occultation of Jupiter by the Moon.
A Single Twin
6.03.2005 | Лунное фото дня
Did you know that the diameter of Geminus is one kilometer larger than Tycho? 86 vs 85 km. Tycho is one of the best studied lunar craters because it is relatively large, but more importantly it is young (about 100 m.y.) and has the largest ray system on the Moon.
Before and After: Antares and the Moon
5.03.2005 | Лунное фото дня
John writes, I took this image of the lunar occultation of Antares Wednesday morning practically in daylight. It is a 2 image composite of both the disappearance and reappearance of the bright star Antares (Alpha Scorpii). Clouds moved in just before disappearance, but cleared again and I was able to actually watch the reappearance.
Go See 'Em - They are Gut
4.03.2005 | Лунное фото дня
The Moon is full of hinterlands - places that are aren’t near famous craters, and hence are often overlooked. The western shore of Mare Fecunditatis is almost all hinterland – it is possible that no ever notices it because of the great attractions luring observers east (Messier twins) and west (Theophilus and neighbors).
Rare Image of Common Crater
3.03.2005 | Лунное фото дня
There are about 600 named craters on the lunar nearside, but I would guess that contributors have sent LPOD good images of at most about 10% of them. Everyone knows the superstar craters that get almost all of an observer’s attention, but the more humdrum craters have stories to tell us too.
LPOD Image of the Month: February, 2005
2.03.2005 | Лунное фото дня
Congratulations to Paolo for the First LPOD of the Month for 2005! And thanks to the folks who voted for 8 different daily images! I can never get too much of Orientale. True...
A Close Approach
1.03.2005 | Лунное фото дня
The fact that the Moon makes close approaches to the planets demonstrates one of the important regularities of our solar system. The planets orbit within a relatively flat ecliptic plane and the Moon, orbiting near the Earth’s equatorial plane, bobs around the ecliptic.