Lunar Orbiter Photographic Atlas of the Near Side of the Moon

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Lunar Orbiter Photographic Atlas of the Near Side of the Moon

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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.

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Publisher
Springer
Language
English
Pages
339

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Lunar Orbiter Photographic Atlas of the Near Side of the Moon
May 19, 2005, Springer
Hardcover in English - 1 edition

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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."

Classifications

Library of Congress
QB1-991QB4, QB1-991

The Physical Object

Format
Hardcover
Number of pages
339
Dimensions
11.4 x 8.7 x 1.2 inches
Weight
3.5 pounds

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL8974458M
ISBN 10
1852338865
ISBN 13
9781852338862
Library Thing
1148052
Goodreads
438966

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