The Cambridge Photographic Moon Atlas

Author: Alan Chu; Wolfgang Paech; Mario Weigand  

Publisher: Cambridge University Press‎

Publication year: 0000

E-ISBN: 9781139558389

Subject: P1 Astronomy

Keyword: 天文学

Language: ENG

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The Cambridge Photographic Moon Atlas

Description

Using the latest methods in digital photography and image processing, The Cambridge Photographic Moon Atlas presents sixty-nine regions of the lunar landscape in large-format images with corresponding charts. Each two-page spread features a specific region in multiple lighting situations, allowing for direct comparisons of the same landscape at different lunar phases. Detailed descriptions of each region's location and topography accompany 388 high-resolution photographs, making the Moon's craters, mountains, valleys, rilles and other features easy to identify. Tracing the morphology of the Moon in unprecedented detail, this comprehensive and accessible visual atlas is an indispensable aid for amateur astronomers, astrophotographers and casual observers.

Chapter

Vallis

Craters

The standard sequence of crater morphology

Simple craters

Complex craters

Large complex craters

Basins and multi-ring basins

Different forms of craters

FFC-craters

Double-walled craters

Elongated and elliptical craters

Polygonal craters

Craters with abnormal central peaks

Dark-halo craters

Catena

Ghost craters

Craters with ray systems

Unusual lunar features

DMD regions

Swirls and magcons

Observation of the Moon

The selenographic coordinate system

Height information

The terminator and colongitude

Libration

Visual observational techniques

Telescopes

Magnifi cation and seeing

Photographic observational techniques

Mounts

Telescope

Imaging techniques

Filters

Image processing

1 Mare Smythii

2a Mare Crisium

2b Mare Crisium

3 Cleomedes

4 Endymion

5 Atlas/Hercules

6 Montes Taurus

7 Palus Somni

8a Mare Fecunditatis

8b Mare Fecunditatis

9 Langrenus/Petavius

10 Mare Australe

11 Vlacq

12 Vallis Rheita

13a Mare Nectaris

13b Mare Nectaris

14 Rupes Altai

15 Abulfeda

16 Theophilus

17 Sinus Asperitatis

18 Statio Tranquillitatis

19a Mare Tranquillitatis

19b Mare Tranquillitatis

20a Mare Serenitatis

20b Mare Serenitatis

21 Posidonius

22 Lacus Mortis

23 Aristoteles/ Eudoxus

24 Montes Caucasus

25 Autolycus/Aristillus

26 Cassini

27 Montes Alpes

28 Plato

29 Montes Teneriffe

30 Archimedes

31a Montes Apenninus

31b Montes Apenninus

32 Mare Vaporum

33 Rima Ariadaeus

34 Rima Hyginus

35 Sinus Medii

36 Hipparchus

37a Ptolemaeus

37b Ptolemaeus

38 Rupes Recta

39 Regiomontanus

41 South Pole

42 Clavius

43 Tycho

44 Schiller

45 Palus Epidemiarum

46 Pitatus

47 Mare Nubium

48 Fra Mauro

49 Mare Cognitum

50 Mare Insularum

51a Copernicus

51b Copernicus

52 Eratosthenes

53a Mare Imbrium

53b Mare Imbrium

54 Sinus Iridum

55 Gruithuisen

56 Mare Frigoris

57 North Pole

58 Aristarchus

59 Kepler

60 Seleucus

61 Reiner

62 Letronne/Hansteen

63 Gassendi

64 Mare Humorum

65 Schickard

66 Sirsalis

67 Grimaldi

68 Mare Orientale

69 Lunar Farside

Glossary

Index of lunar features

Image credits

Further reading and references

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