December 7, 2010
Pole Me Over!
image by team of French amateurs - " rel="nofollow P. Tosi, E. Rousset and J.L. Dauvergne -using the 1m telescope at the Observatory of Pic du Midi
The south pole of the Moon is a rugged place, especially this region beyond Cabeus crater looking over to the peaks near the crater Kocher which lies beyond the left hand peak (M5) on the limb. The right hand peak (M4) is on the rim of the crater Ashbrook. " rel="nofollow Mount Palomar took closeup adaptive optics images with the 200" Hale reflector that are hard to tell the difference with this, taken with a 1-metre (39") telescope at a suburb site at Pic du Midi.
I can almost feel the moondust in the picture!
" rel="nofollow Maurice Collins
P.S. Chuck is away at a meeting so Rick, Jim and I will be filling in some LPOD's if Chuck isn't able.
P.P.S. Remember Pearl Harbor today.....69 years ago.
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2010 Sep 29, 03:00-03:10 TU.
Related Links
Rükl plate 73
Full sized, " rel="nofollow uncropped image (see posting by J.-L. Dauvergne dated " rel="nofollow 04-10-2010 19:39)
Discussion of Pic du Midi images (in English) on " rel="nofollow Cloudy Nights forum
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