Lunar Orbiter Photographic Atlas of the Near Side of the Moon

2005
ISBN: 978-1-85233-886-2
Verlag: Springer

Buch, Englisch, 329 Seiten, HC runder Rücken kaschiert, Format (B × H): 215 mm x 285 mm, Gewicht: 1094 g

In 1967, Lunar Orbiter Mission 4 sent back to Earth a superb series of photographs of the surface of the Moon, despite severe degradation caused by scanning artifacts and the reconstruction processes involved in transmission from lunar orbit.

Using 21st century techniques, Charles Byrne – previously System Engineer of the Apollo Program for Lunar Orbiter Photography – has removed the artifacts and imperfections to produce the most comprehensive and beautifully detailed set of images of the lunar surface.

The book has been organized to make it easy for astronomers to use, enabling ground-based images and views to be compared with the Orbiter photograph. All features have been identified with their current IAU-approved names, and each photograph has been located in terms of latitude and longitude. To help practical astronomers, all the photographs are systematically related to an Earth-based view.

Zielgruppe

Amateur astronomers

Autoren/Hrsg.

Byrne, Charles

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Astronomie Astronomische Beobachtung: Observatorien, Instrumente, Methoden
• Naturwissenschaften Astronomie Sonnensystem: Sonne und Planeten
• Naturwissenschaften Astronomie Himmelskarten und -atlanten

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Overview of the Atlas.- Lunar Orbiter Mission 4.- Overview of the Near Side of the Moon.- Organization of the Photos.- Orientale Basin Region.- Humorum Basin Region.- Imbrium Basin Region.- Nectaris Basin Region.- Serenitatis Basin Region.- Eastern Basins Region.- North Polar Region.- South Polar Region.