The January 2006 issue of the A.L.P.O. Lunar Section's monthly newsletter, The Lunar Observer, has been uploaded to: http://www.zone-vx.com/tlo.pdf Happy New...
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Paolo Amoroso
amoroso_paolo
Jan 1, 2006 4:16 pm
... Figure 3 on page 4, an image of Fracastorius, has triggered an understanding of something about its shape that should have been obvious from my visual...
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Charles Wood
tychocrater
Jan 1, 2006 5:00 pm
Congratulations, Bill! The Lunar Observer is an excellent forum for dedicated observers to share their lunar images, drawings and reports - I always read it....
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Ton Baten
ton_baten
Jan 1, 2006 11:54 pm
And when can we expect the "Lunar 100 " book? Ton Baten...
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Charles Wood
tychocrater
Jan 2, 2006 4:05 am
I've been working on it this holiday - have 71 L's written. And have been revising an intro book - a natural history of the Moon. Hopefully 2006 will see the...
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Mick Hyde
mickhyde
Jan 3, 2006 10:25 pm
I presume everyone has seen this? http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/4570730.stm Does anyone have an image? or know exactly where the strike was located. ...
Thanks to everybody for their recent kind words about TLO. It is a joy and a privilege to work with so many fine amateur astronomers. You folks are the ones...
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rogue_forest
Jan 5, 2006 4:41 am
all i can say is there was something a couple of days ago that gave general lat\long...sorry didn't save it; if i relocate it will post it. i've only seen the...
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Tony Gondola
sailguy28
Jan 5, 2006 4:54 am
Moon, what moon? Every time I look for this fabled creature all I get is water in my eye. Tony (growing gills in Seattle) ... [Non-text portions of this...
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rogue_forest
Jan 5, 2006 5:42 am
42.1W...36.5N link http://www.universetoday.com/am/publish/moon_meteoroid.html?26122005 lol, that was a good one Tony. rogue ... get is ... gave ... post ... ...
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Peter Lloyd
phlloydl
Jan 5, 2006 11:46 am
Can anyone spot a crater that wasn't there before? Peter ... -- Peter Lloyd Bedfordshire, UK. 51º 56' 53"N 0º 32' 05"W http://www.astrolloyd.tk...
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Danny Caes
faculacaes
Jan 5, 2006 12:03 pm
Beautiful twilight colors! Must be interesting to investigate those colors in a fish-eye view (an all-sky camera). By the way, Dear readers, if you have X-mas...
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Paolo Amoroso
amoroso_paolo
Jan 5, 2006 1:18 pm
... Cassini Hood robs the riches--of moons--to give to the poor: http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/multimedia/images/index.cfm Paolo -- Lisp Propulsion Laboratory log...
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Taylor J. Barton
chipdatajeffb
Jan 5, 2006 3:14 pm
... I think the two events in question were too small, so the crater would be below our resolution limit, even for Hubble. I remember reading various accounts...
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Tony Gondola
sailguy28
Jan 5, 2006 4:27 pm
Not likely, they calculated a crater diameter of about 3 meters............ Tony ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
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Tony Gondola
sailguy28
Jan 5, 2006 5:00 pm
Ahhh well, that does help a bit....... Tony ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
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Taylor J. Barton
chipdatajeffb
Jan 5, 2006 5:02 pm
... would ... Of course, that doesn't mean we shouldn't Look! I'm all for double- checking ... and, besides, it's fun, right? ;^)...
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Danny Caes
faculacaes
Jan 5, 2006 6:02 pm
It's time to launch a bunch of Spirit/Opportunity type rovers to our own moon! (such rovers are very successful on the cold harsh Martian surface, let's see if...
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Tony Gondola
sailguy28
Jan 5, 2006 7:44 pm
Naw, we all just need to chip in and buy Wes a bigger mirror...................;-) Tony ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
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canopus56
Jan 5, 2006 7:49 pm
... It would be nice if the discovers would publish the UTC time of the 11/7/05 impact so amateurs could search their images taken on the same night. It would...
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Paolo Amoroso
amoroso_paolo
Jan 5, 2006 8:12 pm
... Has anybody tried to contact them? Did they try to contact other lunar observers for independent confirmations? Paolo -- Lisp Propulsion Laboratory log -...
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lunar-observing@yahoo...
Jan 5, 2006 11:55 pm
Reminder from the Calendar of lunar-observing http://groups.yahoo.com/group/lunar-observing/cal Photo Op - "X" visible 07 DEC at 0028UT for USA Saturday...
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Slammel
Jan 6, 2006 3:29 am
Hi & Happy New Year to all, I thought I would let you know I have given my website a long overdue update, with some new images as well as some older updates...
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Charles Wood
tychocrater
Jan 6, 2006 3:50 am
Danny - I don't think we want Spirit or Opportunity on the Moon. They have each travelled 5-6 km over two years! What is needed is a more robust and faster ...
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canopus56
Jan 6, 2006 4:02 am
... Paulo replied - ... I don't know the answer on either of your questions. I haven't heard any reports of any confirmations. I don't feel I have enough lunar...
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rogue_forest
Jan 6, 2006 4:45 am
Can anyone spot a crater that wasn't there before? depends on its size, right?...but spotting the ejecta is another matter, indeed. rogue. ... <LUNAROBS@A...>...
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bob_p@...
bobpilz
Jan 6, 2006 11:51 am
Stefan, I'm glad to see someone posting some new images - we've had a real dearth of new ones lately. I like how you organized your website. I think Neat Image...
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Danny Caes
faculacaes
Jan 6, 2006 12:04 pm
Sir, thanks for comment. It's a fact: I day-dream too much of lunar rovers and daily transmitted images of the lunar surface (images made during every possible...
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bob_p@...
bobpilz
Jan 6, 2006 12:08 pm
Wouldn't a new crater have to be at least 1/2 mile wide before amateurs would have much chance of seeing it? I know my 106mm can barely discern something...
