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| − | This has to be one of the coolest craters on the Moon - [ | + | This has to be one of the coolest craters on the Moon - [https://the-moon.us/wiki/Alphonsus Alphonsus]. It has everything, rilles, peaks, dark halo craters, ridges, a high wall, and it is a floor fractured crater; even legends about red glows and gas emissions. Like the real [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fonzie Fonzie] it is just "hey". [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ranger_9 Ranger 9] crash landed there to get images in 1965 and it really should have had an Apollo mission there if they had continued to Apollo 20. Without doubt, one of the coolest wonders of the Moon.<br /> |
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<em>[mailto:mauricejscollins@hotmail.com Maurice Collins]</em><br /> | <em>[mailto:mauricejscollins@hotmail.com Maurice Collins]</em><br /> | ||
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Alphonsus 04/18/13 at 18:58 GMT, taken with a newtonian 625 mm 2739 mm focal length equatorial platform on all amateur-built (excluding mirrors) with 3x Barlow, IR filter, Flea3 camera, during moderate turbulence. <br /> | Alphonsus 04/18/13 at 18:58 GMT, taken with a newtonian 625 mm 2739 mm focal length equatorial platform on all amateur-built (excluding mirrors) with 3x Barlow, IR filter, Flea3 camera, during moderate turbulence. <br /> | ||
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<p><b>Yesterday's LPOD:</b> [[December 28, 2014|An Elusive Globe]] </p> | <p><b>Yesterday's LPOD:</b> [[December 28, 2014|An Elusive Globe]] </p> | ||
| − | <p><b>Tomorrow's LPOD:</b> [[December 30, 2014| | + | <p><b>Tomorrow's LPOD:</b> [[December 30, 2014|ABF and Other Stuff]] </p> |
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Latest revision as of 07:25, 28 October 2018
The Fonz of Craters
Image by Luc Cathala, Mazan, France.
Originally published on April 8, 2014.
This has to be one of the coolest craters on the Moon - Alphonsus. It has everything, rilles, peaks, dark halo craters, ridges, a high wall, and it is a floor fractured crater; even legends about red glows and gas emissions. Like the real Fonzie it is just "hey". Ranger 9 crash landed there to get images in 1965 and it really should have had an Apollo mission there if they had continued to Apollo 20. Without doubt, one of the coolest wonders of the Moon.
Maurice Collins
Technical Details
Alphonsus 04/18/13 at 18:58 GMT, taken with a newtonian 625 mm 2739 mm focal length equatorial platform on all amateur-built (excluding mirrors) with 3x Barlow, IR filter, Flea3 camera, during moderate turbulence.
//21st Century Atlas chart 16.
Yesterday's LPOD: An Elusive Globe
Tomorrow's LPOD: ABF and Other Stuff
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