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| − | <em>image by [mailto:legault@astrophoto.fr Thierry Legault], Paris, France</em><br /> | + | <em>image by [mailto:legault@astrophoto.fr" rel="nofollow Thierry Legault], Paris, France</em><br /> |
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| − | Thierry is one of the world's best lunar and planetary imagers. As evidence I recommend that you browse through some of his wide-screen lunar [http://legault.perso.sfr.fr/moon_2012sept.html images] or perhaps one showing an astronaut taking a [http://legault.perso.sfr.fr/STS-133.html spacewalk]. Today's blue LPOD is exceptional for it shows a thin lunar crescent with a calculated lunar age of exactly zero. The reason a crescent is visible at all is that the Moon is 4.4° from the Sun, a tiny amount, but enough to make a picture just barely possible. Thierry's [http://legault.perso.sfr.fr/new_moon_2013july8.html website] shows the special sunshade that helped incease contrast to make the Moon visible - after stacking 4000 images. I don't think we learn anything about the Moon from images like this, but the challenge is great and the accomplishment awesome.<br /> | + | Thierry is one of the world's best lunar and planetary imagers. As evidence I recommend that you browse through some of his wide-screen lunar [http://legault.perso.sfr.fr/moon_2012sept.html" rel="nofollow images] or perhaps one showing an astronaut taking a [http://legault.perso.sfr.fr/STS-133.html" rel="nofollow spacewalk]. Today's blue LPOD is exceptional for it shows a thin lunar crescent with a calculated lunar age of exactly zero. The reason a crescent is visible at all is that the Moon is 4.4° from the Sun, a tiny amount, but enough to make a picture just barely possible. Thierry's [http://legault.perso.sfr.fr/new_moon_2013july8.html" rel="nofollow website] shows the special sunshade that helped incease contrast to make the Moon visible - after stacking 4000 images. I don't think we learn anything about the Moon from images like this, but the challenge is great and the accomplishment awesome.<br /> |
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| − | <em>[mailto:tychocrater@yahoo.com Chuck Wood]</em><br /> | + | <em>[mailto:tychocrater@yahoo.com" rel="nofollow Chuck Wood]</em><br /> |
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<strong>Related Links</strong><br /> | <strong>Related Links</strong><br /> | ||
| − | Thierry's [http://www.astrophoto.fr website] of astonishing images<br /> | + | Thierry's [http://www.astrophoto.fr" rel="nofollow website] of astonishing images<br /> |
Another extreme [http://lpod.wikispaces.com/January+31%2C+2008 crescent], and yet [http://lpod.wikispaces.com/September+29%2C+2011 another]<br /> | Another extreme [http://lpod.wikispaces.com/January+31%2C+2008 crescent], and yet [http://lpod.wikispaces.com/September+29%2C+2011 another]<br /> | ||
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Revision as of 21:47, 4 January 2015
Awesome in Blue
image by " rel="nofollow Thierry Legault, Paris, France
Thierry is one of the world's best lunar and planetary imagers. As evidence I recommend that you browse through some of his wide-screen lunar " rel="nofollow images or perhaps one showing an astronaut taking a " rel="nofollow spacewalk. Today's blue LPOD is exceptional for it shows a thin lunar crescent with a calculated lunar age of exactly zero. The reason a crescent is visible at all is that the Moon is 4.4° from the Sun, a tiny amount, but enough to make a picture just barely possible. Thierry's " rel="nofollow website shows the special sunshade that helped incease contrast to make the Moon visible - after stacking 4000 images. I don't think we learn anything about the Moon from images like this, but the challenge is great and the accomplishment awesome.
" rel="nofollow Chuck Wood
Related Links
Thierry's " rel="nofollow website of astonishing images
Another extreme crescent, and yet another
