The Six-Inch Lunar Atlas [electronic resource] : A Pocket Field Guide /
Spain, Don.author.
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.
Includes index.
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.
Observations, Astronomical.
Astronomy—Observations.
Astronomy.
Astronomy, Observations and Techniques.
Popular Science in Astronomy.