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− | + | <td><div align="center" span class="main_sm">Image Credit: [mailto:filipe@pixmix.tv Filipe Alves]</div></td> | |
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− | + | The Jan 28 [../01/LPOD-2004-01-28.htm LPOD] astonished many observers with its detailed color rendition | |
− | + | of the Full Moon. Now that imager, Filipe Alves, has used advanced computer manipulation to create a Mercator-like | |
− | + | projection color image of the Moon - the first I know of. This is a level of sophistication that is new to | |
− | + | amateur Moon mapping. Here is what the color key at the bottom right says. Left column: Mare- basaltic zones: top | |
− | + | gold button = metal poor basalts Ti <2% wt, Fe <15%. Second purple button = metal rich basalts Ti >3%, Fe >15%, | |
− | + | Th <6 ppm. Third blue button = metal rich basalts Ti >7%, Fe >15%, Th <4 ppm. The right hand column is labeled | |
− | + | Continental zones: top white button = recent impact ejecta, 2nd gray button: continental platform - basin ejecta. | |
− | + | Bottom brown button = volcanic origin zones (?). Knowing the difficulty that professional astronomers have in | |
− | + | calibrating their images to derive elemental abundances I assume that Filipe has simply calibrated his image | |
− | + | against published images such as the map made from the Galileo flyby. Click the image above for a larger view of | |
− | + | Filipe's wonderful map. | |
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[http://discovery.scifi-art.com/tstexture/ UV Projections]<br> | [http://discovery.scifi-art.com/tstexture/ UV Projections]<br> | ||
[http://www.psrd.hawaii.edu/Oct97/MoonFeO.html Calibrating lunar images]</p> | [http://www.psrd.hawaii.edu/Oct97/MoonFeO.html Calibrating lunar images]</p> | ||
− | + | <p class="story"> <b>Tomorrow's LPOD:</b> Sunset Over Clavius</p> | |
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− | + | <p align="center" class="main_titles"><b>Author & Editor:</b><br> | |
− | + | [mailto:tychocrater@yahoo.com Charles A. Wood]</p> | |
− | + | <p align="center" class="main_titles"><b>Technical Consultant:</b><br> | |
− | + | [mailto:anthony@perseus.gr Anthony Ayiomamitis]</p> | |
− | + | <p align="center" class="main_titles"><b>A service of:</b><br> | |
− | + | [http://www.observingthesky.org/ ObservingTheSky.Org]</p> | |
− | + | <p align="center" class="main_titles"><b>Visit these other PODs:</b> <br> | |
− | + | [http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html Astronomy] | [http://www.msss.com/ Mars] | [http://epod.usra.edu/ Earth]</p></td> | |
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Revision as of 17:16, 4 January 2015
Color Moon Map
Image Credit: Filipe Alves |
Color Moon Map The Jan 28 [../01/LPOD-2004-01-28.htm LPOD] astonished many observers with its detailed color rendition of the Full Moon. Now that imager, Filipe Alves, has used advanced computer manipulation to create a Mercator-like projection color image of the Moon - the first I know of. This is a level of sophistication that is new to amateur Moon mapping. Here is what the color key at the bottom right says. Left column: Mare- basaltic zones: top gold button = metal poor basalts Ti <2% wt, Fe <15%. Second purple button = metal rich basalts Ti >3%, Fe >15%, Th <6 ppm. Third blue button = metal rich basalts Ti >7%, Fe >15%, Th <4 ppm. The right hand column is labeled Continental zones: top white button = recent impact ejecta, 2nd gray button: continental platform - basin ejecta. Bottom brown button = volcanic origin zones (?). Knowing the difficulty that professional astronomers have in calibrating their images to derive elemental abundances I assume that Filipe has simply calibrated his image against published images such as the map made from the Galileo flyby. Click the image above for a larger view of Filipe's wonderful map. Related Links: Tomorrow's LPOD: Sunset Over Clavius |
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