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Moon Observing Resources

 

Moon Observing Resources

[New] How to capture the color of the Moon
Usually we see the moon as a monochromatic world only with relief and albedo features to observe, but there is something on the surface hidden to the naked eye that everyone can capture with a digital camera, or just plain analog film - the colors of the Moon.

Inconstant Moon
Everybody notices the phases of the Moon, but to most people every full Moon is alike - the rising or setting Moon looks large due to perspective's playing tricks on the eye, but surely the full Moon high in the sky is always the same, right? Wrong.

Filter Techniques for Lunar Observations
Color Filters are of great value to the planetary observer. They help overcome image deterioration caused by scattering in the planet's atmosphere and in the earth's, as well as by atmospheric prismatic dispersion.

Photographing the Moon
Site dedicated to photographing the various phases of the moon using a standard camera.

Lunar Eclipse Photography
The ins and outs of photographing various stages of a lunar eclipse.

Lunar Eclipse Observer
This is a page for everyone. From the casually interested person, the science student who is looking for a challenging project, or the serious astronomer whom would like to contribute to a scientific program of observations to determine the geometry of the umbral shadow and to define the change in the upper atmosphere of our earth.

Exploring the Moon
Provides knowledge about the Moon and its history of exploration, including an online photographic lunar atlas; a comprehensive catalog of lunar craters; complete texts of critical early papers and other interesting lunar information.

International Occultation and Timing Association
Provides predicitions and timings for lunar occultations and other events. Sometimes ground-track charts are included with predictions.

Height of Lunar Mountains
An exercise in how to estimate the height of lunar mountains, based on the lengths of the shadows they cast.

Matt Looby's Lunar Page
Matt Looby draws lunar and solar system objects. His page contains a number of drawings of lunar features with associated notes.

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New Version 3 Release. A Moon Observer's Software Toolkit which contains an interactive Moon Atlas and numerous observation planning tools.

National Geographic Mars - Uncovering the Secrets of the Red Planet - Hard Cover Edition. Save 67%. Now only $12.99.

Starry Night Pro Version 6 CD-ROM. Increase your in-field observing success with this advanced software for the serious astronomer.


 

Moon Observing Resources Headlines


Ancient Bacterial Fossils May Exist on Moon - FOXNews


Ancient Bacterial Fossils May Exist on Moon
FOXNews - Jun 26, 2008
He adds that collecting samples, observing them on the lunar surface, and picking those that warrant a return to Earth for detailed analysis "would be ...

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Water on the Moon? - Space.com


Space.com

Water on the Moon?
Space.com - Jun 5, 2008
If water is present, it will dramatically reduce the cost of a lunar base. The Lunar Crater Observing and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS) mission is intended to ...

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Cosmic Fireworks - New West


Cosmic Fireworks
New West, MT - 9 hours ago
On Wednesday, 09 July, the two will be separated by about 1 ½ lunar diameters as they approach the western horizon. Three days earlier, the thin crescent ...

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The Quest for the Lunar GRAIL - Space.com


Space.com

The Quest for the Lunar GRAIL
Space.com - Jun 11, 2008
... lunar crust and core. The mission idea for GRAIL came from the success of the US-German Earth observing Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE), ...

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Sinhalese call for a separate New Year - Newindpress


Sinhalese call for a separate New Year
Newindpress, India - Jun 28, 2008
We have forgotten our own lunar calendar," writes Lakruwan de Silva in The Sunday Leader. "April 13 does not mark the commencement of the Sinhalese New Year ...

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Stargazing: Observing the moon - Pittsburgh Post Gazette


Stargazing: Observing the moon
Pittsburgh Post Gazette, PA - Jun 8, 2008
By tomorrow evening, the moon will have waxed to first quarter, passing Mars, Regulus and Saturn as it completes about one-quarter of its lunar month. ...

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