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| | =A Tradition Lives On= | | =A Tradition Lives On= |
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| | <em>image from [http://www.lunarobservers.com/TNM_2007_07_lowres.pdf The New Moon (pdf)], United Kingdom</em></p> | | <em>image from [http://www.lunarobservers.com/TNM_2007_07_lowres.pdf The New Moon (pdf)], United Kingdom</em></p> |
| − | <p>More than 100 years ago ardent British students of the Moon submitted their observations to journals such as <em>The English Mechanic</em> and the British Astronomical Association’s <em>Memoirs</em> of the Section for the Observation of the Moon. In the 50s and 60s (and maybe longer in each direction) the BAA published a small journal called <em>The Moon</em> (to which I submitted a few [http://www.lpod.org/?m=20061118 reports]). This long tradition still holds, with editor [mailto:ptgrego@yahoo.co.uk Peter Grego] recently bringing out a new issue of the BAA Lunar Section’s <em>The New Moon</em>. This journal is online and can be freely[http://www.lunarobservers.com/TNM_2007_07_lowres.pdf downloaded] as a PDF file. The major article, on the Messier twins, is classical: it reports the author’s observations and interpretations and compares them with earlier drawings, but never refers to telescopic or spacecraft images that might resolve questions. The remainder of the issue does include digital images and drawings. Reading over <em>The New Moon</em> is a reminder of the pleasure of observing, sketching and wondering about the origins of things seen. </p> | + | <p>More than 100 years ago ardent British students of the Moon submitted their observations to journals such as <em>The English Mechanic</em> and the British Astronomical Association’s <em>Memoirs</em> of the Section for the Observation of the Moon. In the 50s and 60s (and maybe longer in each direction) the BAA published a small journal called <em>The Moon</em> (to which I submitted a few [[November_18,_2006|reports]]). |
| | + | This long tradition still holds, with editor [mailto:ptgrego@yahoo.co.uk Peter Grego] recently bringing out a new issue of the BAA Lunar Section’s <em>The New Moon</em>. This journal is online and can be freely [http://www.lunarobservers.com/TNM_2007_07_lowres.pdf downloaded] as a PDF file. The major article, on the Messier twins, is classical: it reports the author’s observations and interpretations and compares them with earlier drawings, but never refers to telescopic or spacecraft images that might resolve questions. The remainder of the issue does include digital images and drawings. Reading over <em>The New Moon</em> is a reminder of the pleasure of observing, sketching and wondering about the origins of things seen. </p> |
| | <p>[mailto:tychocrater@yahoo.com Chuck Wood]</p> | | <p>[mailto:tychocrater@yahoo.com Chuck Wood]</p> |
| | <p><strong>Related Links:</strong><br /> | | <p><strong>Related Links:</strong><br /> |
| | BAA [http://www.baalunarsection.org.uk/index.html Lunar Section]</p> | | BAA [http://www.baalunarsection.org.uk/index.html Lunar Section]</p> |
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| + | <p><b>Yesterday's LPOD:</b> [[June 24, 2007|Almost Right]] </p> |
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| + | <p><b>Tomorrow's LPOD:</b> [[June 26, 2007|A Modest Beginning & a Difficult Challenge]] </p> |
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