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The Six-Inch Lunar Atlas [electronic resource] : A Pocket Field Guide / by Don Spain.

By: Contributor(s): Series: Astronomer's Pocket Field GuidePublisher: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2009Description: XVII, 260 p. 180 illus. online resourceContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780387876108
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Printed edition:: No titleDDC classification:
  • 520 23
LOC classification:
  • QB4
Online resources:
Contents:
Background -- The Lunar Seas -- Finder Charts -- The Atlas -- Endymion -- Messala -- Cleomedes -- Mare Crisium -- Langrenus -- Vendelinus -- Petavius -- Gutenberg -- Janssen -- Posidonius -- Fracastorius -- Piccolomini -- Theophilus -- Aristoteles -- Plinius -- Arago -- Alfraganus -- Mutus -- Julius Caesar -- Alpine Valley -- Aristillus -- Hyginus -- Hipparchus -- Heraclitus -- Plato -- Archimedes -- Apennine Mountains -- Schroter -- Ptolemaeus -- Alphonsus -- Walter -- Moretus -- Lalande -- Rupes Recta -- Deslandres -- Tycho -- Clavius -- Fra Mauro -- Pitatus -- Longomontanus -- Kies -- Montes Recti -- Helicon -- Montes Carpatus -- Copernicus -- Bullialdus -- Montes Riphaeus -- J. Herschel -- Sinus Iridum -- Gassendi -- Schiller -- Schickard -- Pythagoras -- Aristarchus -- Marius -- Hansteen -- Mersenius -- Rumker -- Grimaldi -- Struve.
In: Springer eBooksSummary: The Six-Inch Lunar Atlas has been designed specifically for use in the field by lunar observers so it’s perfect for fitting into an observer’s pocket! The author’s own lunar photographs were taken with a 6-inch (150mm) telescope and CCD camera, and closely match the visual appearance of the Moon when viewed through 3-inch to 8-inch telescopes. Each picture is shown oriented "as the Moon really is" when viewed from the northern hemisphere, and is supplemented by exquisite computer sketches that list the main features. Two separate computer sketches are provided to go with each photograph, one oriented to appear as seen through an SCT telescope (e.g. the Meade and Celestron ranges), the other oriented for Newtonian and refracting telescopes. Observers using the various types telescopes will find it extremely helpful to identify lunar features as the human brain is very poor at making "mirror-image" visual translations.
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Background -- The Lunar Seas -- Finder Charts -- The Atlas -- Endymion -- Messala -- Cleomedes -- Mare Crisium -- Langrenus -- Vendelinus -- Petavius -- Gutenberg -- Janssen -- Posidonius -- Fracastorius -- Piccolomini -- Theophilus -- Aristoteles -- Plinius -- Arago -- Alfraganus -- Mutus -- Julius Caesar -- Alpine Valley -- Aristillus -- Hyginus -- Hipparchus -- Heraclitus -- Plato -- Archimedes -- Apennine Mountains -- Schroter -- Ptolemaeus -- Alphonsus -- Walter -- Moretus -- Lalande -- Rupes Recta -- Deslandres -- Tycho -- Clavius -- Fra Mauro -- Pitatus -- Longomontanus -- Kies -- Montes Recti -- Helicon -- Montes Carpatus -- Copernicus -- Bullialdus -- Montes Riphaeus -- J. Herschel -- Sinus Iridum -- Gassendi -- Schiller -- Schickard -- Pythagoras -- Aristarchus -- Marius -- Hansteen -- Mersenius -- Rumker -- Grimaldi -- Struve.

The Six-Inch Lunar Atlas has been designed specifically for use in the field by lunar observers so it’s perfect for fitting into an observer’s pocket! The author’s own lunar photographs were taken with a 6-inch (150mm) telescope and CCD camera, and closely match the visual appearance of the Moon when viewed through 3-inch to 8-inch telescopes. Each picture is shown oriented "as the Moon really is" when viewed from the northern hemisphere, and is supplemented by exquisite computer sketches that list the main features. Two separate computer sketches are provided to go with each photograph, one oriented to appear as seen through an SCT telescope (e.g. the Meade and Celestron ranges), the other oriented for Newtonian and refracting telescopes. Observers using the various types telescopes will find it extremely helpful to identify lunar features as the human brain is very poor at making "mirror-image" visual translations.

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