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A 1689 Swedish Book on the Moon
13.11.2004 | Lunnoe foto dnya
This previously unknown ancient book on the Moon turned up on Ebay recently. I say previously unknown because neither Ewen Whitaker nor I had ever heard of it - perhaps an LPOD reader can tell us more about it.
A Giant Messier
12.11.2004 | Lunnoe foto dnya
Schiller is bizarrely unique and has long been a topic of speculation and bewilderment. The problem with Schiller is obvious - craters are round, but Schiller definitely isn't. Because of its elongated shape, it was often claimed that Schiller could not be of impact origin and must be volcanic. But, volcanist were wrong again.
An Oblique View of Prom. Laplace
11.11.2004 | Lunnoe foto dnya
We see the Moon from such as vast distance that our views mostly have overhead perspectives (except along the limb). Often I have wondered what a particular feature look like on the ground.
"The First Real Lunar Physical change"
10.11.2004 | Lunnoe foto dnya
The search for change on the Moon was the holy grail for many lunar observers from the 1700s through at least the 1950s. In 1949, in an article in the Journal of the British...
Arnold - Not the Governor
9.11.2004 | Lunnoe foto dnya
If a large new crater were to form on the Moon, the area north of Mare Frigoris would be a place that could use it. Most of the craters north of 60 degrees N latitude are old and battered by ejecta from the impact that formed the Imbrium basin.
Maps on Discs
8.11.2004 | Lunnoe foto dnya
Digital technologies are revolutionizing access to lunar information. Webcams and the Internet allow the acquisition of unbelievably excellent lunar images and the nearly instantaneous sharing of them with observers around the globe. Scanners and CDs and DVDs allow the preservation and dissemination of old lunar atlases too.
Humboldt
7.11.2004 | Lunnoe foto dnya
Humboldt was one of the greatest explorer-naturalists of the 19th century so it is fitting that a crater with his name is in an often inaccessible region near the limb. But this magnificent and hardly visible 207 km wide crater is named not for the explorer, but for his stay-at-home brother, Wilhelm.
Little Known Fault
6.11.2004 | Lunnoe foto dnya
The Straight Wall is deservedly the best known fault on the Moon. Other well-known faults include one near Cauchy and another in Lacus Mortis. But there are also smaller faults that have seldom been described.
Bright & Dark
5.11.2004 | Lunnoe foto dnya
First, I must apologize to Paolo for over-enhancing one of his very good mosaics of a 10-day old Moon! The purpose is to explore the extremes of light and dark that appear in this southeastern quadrant of the Moon.
Norwegian Ring
4.11.2004 | Lunnoe foto dnya
Television and city life have robbed most of us of daily (and nightly) contact with the sky. Wondrous views of unexpected natural scenes such as this ring around the Moon don't occur inside your living room or while seated in front of a computer.