Lunar Orbiter Photographic Atlas of the Near Side of the Moon
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Springer
Published: May 19, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 339
ISBN-13: 9781852338862
Subjects: Astronomical charts & atlases; The Moon; Science; Science/Mathematics; Astronomy - General; Astrophysics & Space Science; General; Astronomy; Lunar; Lunar Orbiter; Lunar Science; Photography; Science / Astronomy; Lunar Orbiter (Artificial satellite); Maps; Moon; Photographs from space
First sentence: The atlas presents full coverage of the nearside of the Moon with a series of photos all taken from orbit by Lunar Orbiter 4, with a nearly vertical viewpoint and sunlight at approximately 20 degrees () from the horizontal.
Description: In 1967, Lunar Orbiter Mission 4 sent back to Earth a superb series of photographs of the surface of the Moon, despite severe degradation caused by scanning and the reconstruction processes involved in transmission from lunar orbit. Using 21st century techniques, Charles Byrne  - previously System Engineer of the Apollo Program for Lunar Orbiter Photography -  has removed almost all the artifacts and imperfections to provide a comprehensive and beautifully detailed set of images of the lunar surface. The book has been organized to make it easy for astronomers to use, enabling ground-based images and views to be compared with the Orbiter photographs.  The photographs are striking for their consistent Sun angles (for uniform appearance).  All features are identified with their current IAU-approved names, and each photograph is located in terms of latitude and longitude.  To help practical astronomers, all the photographs are systematically related to an Earth-based view.