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| − | + | <td><div align="center" span class="main_sm">Image Credit: [mailto:heungwah@hknet.com Heung Wah]</div></td> | |
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| − | + | The last week of each lunation is largely unobserved by Earthlings, most of whom sleep through the night. The | |
| − | + | last quarter Moon rises about midnight and is at its highest at sunrise. At last quarter the sunset line is near | |
| − | + | some of the most fascinating scenery on the Moon - from Plato and the Apennines in the north, pass the double | |
| − | + | threesome (Ptolemaeus, Alphonsus & Arzachel and Purbach, Regiomontanus & Walter) near center, and Tycho and | |
| − | + | Clavius down south. Just at the west limb, if the librations are favorable as on October 18, 2003 when this | |
| − | + | mosaic was captured, you can see the dark maria ribbons and central patch of Orientale basin. We are so lucky | |
| − | + | that humanity didn't arise on Mars. We have a real Moon with endless fascination, rather than two puny | |
| − | + | pip-squeaks, one of which sets in the east! | |
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| − | + | <p><b>Technical Details:</b><br> | |
| − | + | This wonderful image was acquired by Wah! and Doucat at Astrofarm, Yuen Long, Hong Kong. They used a CGE-mounted Celestron 8" SCT and a ToUCam Pro webcam. 37 images were mosaicked together using K3CCD Tools and Photoshop 7. </p> | |
| − | + | <p>[images/LPOD-2004-02-20b.jpeg Click here] for full resolution view (1.7 MB).</p> | |
| − | + | <p class="story"><b>Related Links:</b><br> | |
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[http://www.scopetronix.com/webcam.htm ToUCam Pro II webcam]<br> | [http://www.scopetronix.com/webcam.htm ToUCam Pro II webcam]<br> | ||
[http://www.astrovid.com/toucam_pro_pcvc_740k_webcam.htm Another ToUCam source]</p> | [http://www.astrovid.com/toucam_pro_pcvc_740k_webcam.htm Another ToUCam source]</p> | ||
| − | + | <p class="story"> <b>Tomorrow's LPOD:</b> We're On Our Way, Houston!</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
Last Quarter
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Image Credit: Heung Wah |
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Last Quarter The last week of each lunation is largely unobserved by Earthlings, most of whom sleep through the night. The last quarter Moon rises about midnight and is at its highest at sunrise. At last quarter the sunset line is near some of the most fascinating scenery on the Moon - from Plato and the Apennines in the north, pass the double threesome (Ptolemaeus, Alphonsus & Arzachel and Purbach, Regiomontanus & Walter) near center, and Tycho and Clavius down south. Just at the west limb, if the librations are favorable as on October 18, 2003 when this mosaic was captured, you can see the dark maria ribbons and central patch of Orientale basin. We are so lucky that humanity didn't arise on Mars. We have a real Moon with endless fascination, rather than two puny pip-squeaks, one of which sets in the east! Technical Details: [images/LPOD-2004-02-20b.jpeg Click here] for full resolution view (1.7 MB). Related Links: Tomorrow's LPOD: We're On Our Way, Houston! |
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