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A Grand New Lunar Atlas
25.05.2004 | Lunnoe foto dnya
This is a great time for students of the Moon! Since I reviewed five new lunar books in the May, 2001 issue of Sky & Telescope a number of additional new lunar publications have appeared. And the good news continues with the publication of Le Grand Atlas de la Lune by Thierry Legault and Serge Brunier.
SW Limb Panorama
24.05.2004 | Lunnoe foto dnya
Every view of the Moon is different. Often, near the glare of full Moon, astro-imagers stay indoors, re-reading old S&Ts. But as Rod Mollise's nice mosaic of the 12 day old Moon demonstrates there is lots of detail waiting to be captured.
Moon Hides Venus
23.05.2004 | Lunnoe foto dnya
An occultation occurs when one body moves in front of another. During it’s monthly cycle, the Moon may move in front of certain stars and planets. Although our mind&rsquo...
Lunar 100
22.05.2004 | Lunnoe foto dnya
Have you heard of the Lunar 100? It is a Messier List for the Moon. A year or so ago I wondered why amateurs didn't pay more attention to the Moon, which is the largest* (angular measurement), most conspicuous and most visually complex object in the night sky.
Volcanic Craters on the Moon
21.05.2004 | Lunnoe foto dnya
At one time or another nearly all lunar craters from Copernicus to Messier have been consider volcanic - but virtually all craters can now be convincingly re-interpreted as products of impact cratering. So, are there any volcanic craters on the Moon?
A Tunnel Thru the Moon?
20.05.2004 | Lunnoe foto dnya
Messier and Pickering (or Messier A as nomenclatural "reformers" renamed Pickering) are perhaps the most perplexing craters on the Moon. Their shapes are not standard round ones, their rays are parallel mysteries, and their obviously related origins have been controversial. Do the parallel rays imply an intelligent construction of a railroad?
A New Observing Guide
19.05.2004 | Lunnoe foto dnya
Can you think of an observers guide to the Moon? There are a bunch of books to be read indoors - from Moore's classic 1953 Guide to the Moon to my recent The Modern Moon: A Personal View, but there aren't any/many handy sized guides to take to the telescope. Now there is one.
Southern Sea
18.05.2004 | Lunnoe foto dnya
Many of the great orbital images from the Apollo program have been high resolution Metric and Panoramic camera shots, but the handheld Hasselblads photos have also provided many superb views, in large part because the astronauts looked out the window and snapped away whenever there was an interesting scene.
Clementine Atlas
17.05.2004 | Lunnoe foto dnya
Finally, after much waiting, the Clementine Atlas of the Moon by Ben Bussey and Paul Spudis has arrived from England and is being mailed to early buyers. Unfortunately for me, my copy was seriously damaged so now I await a new one.
Asteroid 3251?
16.05.2004 | Lunnoe foto dnya
No, its not a close up of The Little Princes' Asteroid 3251. This is the Moon as you've never seen it before. It is one of the panoramas photographed by the Apollo 14 astronauts, but re-projected into a circle to approximate an overhead view.