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− | Originally published January 1, 2004
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− | [[File:LPOD-2004-01-01.jpeg|LPOD-2004-01-01.jpeg]]
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− | <br><span class="main_sm"><p>Image Credit: [mailto:anthony@perseus.gr Anthony Ayiomamitis]</p></span>
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− | <b>First Quarter Moon</b></p>
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− | <p>A great time to begin observing the Moon is near first quarter, when the terminator - the sunrise line - slices right
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− | thru the middle of the Moon. This Moon image, taken with a 14" SCT and a Nikon Coolpix digital camera, shows the
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− | dark circular maria - vast piles of lava - on the eastern (right) hemisphere of the Moon. Along the terminator, craters
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− | and mountains cast dramatic shadows, making features fascinating to observe. This image has about the same lighting
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− | conditions as Galileo's drawing - upper left masthead - from 1609. On both the drawing and the modern image you can see
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− | Mare Serenitatis just east of the terminator, and two mountain ranges crossing it. Galileo's very prominent crater
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− | further south on the terminator is clearly exaggerated in size, but can't be identified with certainty; could it be
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− | Albategnius (labeled A)?</p>
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− | <p><b>Related Links:</b>
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− | Anthony Ayiomamitis' [http://www.perseus.gr/ Lunar Web Site]
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− | <br>[http://es.rice.edu/ES/humsoc/Galileo/Things/moon.html Galileo's Moon Drawings]</p>
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− | <p><b>Yesterday's LPOD:</b> [[December 31, 2014|2010 And the Future]] </p>
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− | <p><b>Tomorrow's LPOD:</b> [[January 2, 2015|Cauchy Faults, Rilles and Domes]] </p>
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− | <p align="center" class="main_titles"><b>Author & Editor:</b><br>
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− | [mailto:tychocrater@yahoo.com Charles A. Wood]</p>
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