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CLA
11.08.2004 | Lunnoe foto dnya
The Consolidated Lunar Atlas is the best photographic lunar atlas ever. Now that might seem a contentious statement so lets consider the CLA and other pretenders to the title. The CLA consists of 228 photographic prints distributed in a 20 lb blue box in 1967.
Na drevnyuyu Lunu
10.08.2004 | Lunnoe foto dnya
Australian Eclipse
9.08.2004 | Lunnoe foto dnya
Eclipses are democratic - they can be enjoyed from nearly anywhere on the terrestrial hemisphere where the Moon is above the horizon. And they can be imaged with cameras, small telescopes or larger ones. The May 5, 2004 lunar eclipse was seen and imaged across the Eastern Hemisphere (e.g.
NE Backwater
8.08.2004 | Lunnoe foto dnya
A few superstar lunar attractions - Plato, Copernicus, Straight Wall, etc - garner the lion's share of observers' attention, thereby leaving many lunar areas overlooked. Examples are the highlands west of Oceanus Procellarum, most of the southern highlands (other than Tycho and Clavius), and the vast northeastern region poleward of Crisium.
Straight Range
7.08.2004 | Lunnoe foto dnya
Goggle "Straight Range" or "Montes Recti" and all you get are links to amateur images and nomenclature lists that include the name. What is there to say about this mountain chain in northern Mare Imbrium?
Moon Resort
6.08.2004 | Lunnoe foto dnya
Tourism to the Moon is, regrettably, still far in the future. But the Moon is the inspiration for a resort that will be the most luxurious, most expensive, and most scientifically oriented ever. Michael...
Ranger Cratering
5.08.2004 | Lunnoe foto dnya
Identification of craters made by spacecraft impact on the Moon is valuable because it permits calibration of impact energy and crater size relations. And its fun. The camera failure on the otherwise successful Ranger 6 meant that it's exact crash point is unknown.
A New Way to Image the Moon
4.08.2004 | Lunnoe foto dnya
LPOD is about increasing scientific understanding and enjoyment of the Moon, with art and history and culture thrown in to keep us from becoming nerds. But today's LPOD is all about technique, because it is so unusual.
Still on the Limb
3.08.2004 | Lunnoe foto dnya
Last year when historically great librations were tilting the west limb of the Moon into view, Fred Ringwald took this high sun image of the Orientale Basin. Now do you see why I am always encouraging people to observe when the sun is high?
Jupiter Graze
2.08.2004 | Lunnoe foto dnya
The Moon is huge - in our sky. This is brought home every time any other planet is in the same eyepiece field with Luna. On January 26, 2002, Jupiter grazed the Moon's southeast limb, at least as seen from Mike Tyrrell's backyard in the United Kingdom.