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Tranquil Sunshine
24.09.2004 | Lunnoe foto dnya
Last month, LPOD featured KC Pau's image of a full Moon view of Mare Serenitatis; here is the companion, shot on the same night, of Mare Tranquilitatis. Once again when the sun is overhead and shadows disappear, a less familiar Moon appears.
Tipy lunnyh kraterov
23.09.2004 | Lunnoe foto dnya
Na vidimoi storone Luny imeetsya 11462 kraterov bolee dvuh kilometrov v poperechnike. No porazitel'no to, chto bol'shinstvo iz nih vyglyadyat ochen' pohozhe. V 1978 godu Leif Andersson i ya sobrali dannye po 2598 svezhim (ne izmenennyh bolee pozdnimi udarami ili lavoi) voronkam i opredelili pyat' razlichnyh tipov, kotorye opisyvayut 99% lunnyh kraterov.
Wednesday, September 22, 2004
22.09.2004 | Lunnoe foto dnya
What books do you really need to study and understand the Moon? Here is a minimalist collection, divisible into two parts. First, for observers, you need to know where you are on the Moon, and how to understand what you see. Rukl's Atlas of the Moon is unrivaled - it's an easy choice.
Tuesday, September 21, 2004
21.09.2004 | Lunnoe foto dnya
It is amazing how many interesting areas of the Moon are nearly completely overlooked until someone captures a great image that says, "Hey, there is something interesting here!" This is that image for some older rilles tucked away in an embayment along the eastern shore of Mare Serenitatis.
Monday, September 20, 2004
20.09.2004 | Lunnoe foto dnya
Apollos 15 through 17 carried Panoramic Cameras which acquired thousands of photographs with resolutions up to 2 m. Some of these pictures show tiny details not seen elsewhere. Here is an example from the "Apollo Over the Moon: A View from Orbit" book.
Sunday, September 19, 2004
19.09.2004 | Lunnoe foto dnya
Wouldn't it be odd if Earth's oceans had names but our land masses didn't? Pacific, Atlantic and Indian, but no Asia, North America or Africa. That is the way it is on the Moon. All the seas and various undeserving puddles (e.g. Lacus Spei) are named, but the cratered regions are anonymous.
Saturday, September 18, 2004
18.09.2004 | Lunnoe foto dnya
During the nine months that LPOD has existed there has been a continuing evolution in the quality of lunar imaging. In January and February I was amazed that images were being acquired with 8 to 14" telescopes that were better than the world's previous best, often taken with the Catalina 61" telescope!
Friday, September 17, 2004
17.09.2004 | Lunnoe foto dnya
In 1822 the Bavarian observer Franz von Paula Gruithuisen astonished himself and later the world with his discovery of a regular herringbone pattern of ridges arranged with geometric precision. Gruithuisen immediately interpreted this small landscape (which he called Wallwerk) near Sinus Aestuum as a lunar city.
Thursday, September 16, 2004
16.09.2004 | Lunnoe foto dnya
This is a woodblock print dating from 1690. It seems to be a common print from that era for a couple of copies have appeared on eBay over the last two years. It shows...
Sreda, 15 sentyabrya 2004
15.09.2004 | Lunnoe foto dnya
Fotografiya kratera Posidonii Dzhima Filipa v luchah nizkogo solnca odna iz samyh dramatichnyh lunnyh izobrazhenii, kotorye ya kogda-libo videl i ego publikaciya v pervye 10 dnei istorii LPOD'a zadali dovol'no vysokuyu planku dlya snimkov. Nyne planka snova podnyata!