Hello to you all. I have just found your group. I am observing from Tamworth in Staffs UK. I have always had a keen interest in the sky above us and it has ...
The lunar occultations of "bright" stars in Taurus that I posted about last night on various lists was a success as far as testing the limits of the...
Hi Ian. To get the Moon's disk (or Sun's disk) onto a webcam chip at 640x480 pixels you need to use a telescope focal length of 300mm or less. Image size is...
John, it's one of the great mysteries of Lunar Nomenclature! The weird swirl-like formation REINER-GAMMA was named "Galilaeus" by Giovanni Baptista Riccioli...
Danny Caes
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Feb 2, 2004 11:36 am
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Ian, To follow-up on Brian's excellent reply, see if you can find a focal reducer (aka telecompressor and/o field flattener when dealing with refractors) which...
Lunar friends - It's February! LPOD has successfully completed one month of promoting the Moon! Going from a Dec 13 suggestion by Anthony that NASA should ...
... ^^^^^ lunation :) ... Libration? :) ... I know I am going to sound boring, but I would appreciate very much photos taken by the Lunokhods. Thank you very...
Paolo - A little more than a lunation, but that would have been a more fitting term! Yes, for Lunokhod! Just when is the question. Thanks, Chuck Chuck's Web...
My most recent mosaic is of the First Quarter phase: http://celestialwonders.com/Moon7d_20040128_33.html Enjoy, Frank Barrett http://celestialwonders.com...
Charles, I have a more recent copy of 'To a Rocky Moon'. The format is much smaller and the plates you mention are nonexistant but I believe the text is...
There's been mention of the Lunokhod rovers recently here. This month's Air & Space magazine has a great article on this program. I couldn't find it in the...
Paolo writes: -I know I am going to sound boring, but I would appreciate very much photos taken by the Lunokhods. Danny: I want to see them too! I also want to...
Danny Caes
danny.caes1@...
Feb 3, 2004 5:39 pm
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Ina-caldera... the most mysterious surface formation on the moon. It's pale blue and D-shaped... A close-up of it looks like the surface of a puddle composed...
Danny Caes
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Feb 3, 2004 6:26 pm
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Arthur - Thanks for your comment. It made me realize that I was not clear enough on distinguishing between Wilhelms' two books. The Geologic History of the...
The Lunar & Planetary Science Conference is held every March in Houston. This is the largest gathering of professional planetary scientists in the world. And I...
... YES!! Way to go!! Congrats!! Great Job!! Impressive!! etc!! I'm impressed and proud to know such people. I'm even more impressed and proud to see them not...
Dear Chuck, At the risk of stating the obvious, thank you for making all of this possible! As for doing things via the Internet, I have a suspicion that the...
A neighbor was out moon gazing this evening and was gracious enough to let me snap a quick photo. <g> [Photo albums/Carol_strgzr52] This weather pattern we're...
Fun shot with the grouse. You've added some very nice drawings there! ... It can be 15 on the positive side of zero and I stay inside. I'm off on vacation for...
Hi Carol, What a wonderful image you've taken at the right moment!! I can only admire. And also nice drawings you've posted is really fantastic. KC ... enough ...
Dear group, A question... I want to know if there is a sort of unofficial text-file for ALL the orbital Hasselblad-images photographed during the missions of...
Danny Caes
danny.caes1@...
Feb 4, 2004 11:44 am
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Greetings: "Arthur - Thanks for your comment. It made me realize that I was not clear enough on distinguishing between Wilhelms' two books. The Geologic...
The Launch Umbilical Tower #1 (LUT-1) at Kennedy Space Center, which was used for Apollo 11 and other historical missions to the Moon, is going to be destroyed...
... enough ... temperatures ... with a ... My viewing has been curtailed by recent shoulder surgery, not the amazing temperatures plaguing your part of the...
Thank you... some of the most peaceful nights behind the eyepiece have been those during which lunar sketches were made. Here's looking forward to warmer...
... the orbital Hasselblad-images photographed during the missions of Apollo 8,10,11,12,13,14,15,16, and 17 (I want very accurate descriptions and notes of...
... amongst ... Total agreement here. I experimented a bit in 'Word' and duplicated the LPOD print which shows up on my screen. Turns out it's 'Arial Narrow'...
Danny; I do know that there was a series of image catalogues published for Apollo Photographs. Although these did not contain descriptions. I recoment that you...
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