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      <td><div align="center" span class="main_sm">Image Credit:  <a class="one" HREF="mailto:filipe@pixmix.tv">Filipe Alves</A></div></td>
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  The Jan 28 [../01/LPOD-2004-01-28.htm LPOD] astonished many observers with its detailed color rendition
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        of the Full Moon. Now that imager, Filipe Alves, has used advanced computer manipulation to create a Mercator-like
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        projection color image of the Moon - the first I know of. This is a level of sophistication that is new to
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        amateur Moon mapping. Here is what the color key at the bottom right says. Left column: Mare- basaltic zones: top
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        gold button = metal poor basalts Ti &lt;2% wt, Fe &lt;15%. Second purple button = metal rich basalts Ti &gt;3%, Fe &gt;15%,
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        Th &lt;6 ppm. Third blue button = metal rich basalts Ti &gt;7%, Fe &gt;15%, Th &lt;4 ppm. The right hand column is labeled
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        Continental zones: top white button = recent impact ejecta, 2nd gray button: continental platform - basin ejecta.
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        Bottom brown button = volcanic origin zones (?). Knowing the difficulty that professional astronomers have in
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        calibrating their images to derive elemental abundances I assume that Filipe has simply calibrated his image
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        against published images such as the map made from the Galileo flyby. Click the image above for a larger view of
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        Filipe's wonderful map.
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[http://discovery.scifi-art.com/tstexture/ UV Projections]<br>
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[http://www.psrd.hawaii.edu/Oct97/MoonFeO.html Calibrating lunar images]</p>
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  <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>
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      [mailto:chuck@observingthesky.org Charles A. Wood]</p>
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      <p align="center" class="main_titles"><b>Technical Consultant:</b><br>
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      [mailto:anthony@perseus.gr Anthony Ayiomamitis]</p>
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      <p align="center" class="main_titles"><b>[mailto:webmaster@entropysponge.com Contact Webmaster]</b></p>
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      <p align="center" class="main_titles"><b>A service of:</b><br>
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Revision as of 14:36, 4 January 2015

Color Moon Map

Color Moon Map

March 7, 2004

<IMG SRC="images/LPOD-2004-03-07.jpeg" NAME="main_image" width="495" height="425" border="0">
Image Credit: <a class="one" HREF="mailto:filipe@pixmix.tv">Filipe Alves</A>

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:
UV Projections
Calibrating lunar images

Tomorrow's LPOD: Sunset Over Clavius

<img src="../../../MainPage/spacer.gif" width="640" height="1">


Author & Editor:
Charles A. Wood

Technical Consultant:
Anthony Ayiomamitis

Contact Webmaster

A service of:
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Visit these other PODs:
<a class="one" href="http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html">Astronomy</a> | <a class="one" href="http://www.msss.com/">Mars</a> | <a class="one" href="http://epod.usra.edu/">Earth</a>


 



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