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<em>north to the right image by [mailto:howardeskildsen@msn.com Howard Eskildsen], Ocala, Florida</em><br />
 
<em>north to the right image by [mailto:howardeskildsen@msn.com Howard Eskildsen], Ocala, Florida</em><br />
 
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I admire Howard's imaging. He relentlessly uses his standard size amateur telescope to image the nearside<br />
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I admire Howard's imaging. He relentlessly uses his standard size amateur telescope to image the nearside
under a variety of illuminations. This near terminator view reveals an area I've seldom seen with this lighting.<br />
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under a variety of illuminations. This near terminator view reveals an area I've seldom seen with this lighting.
And each different view elicits different observations and understandings. Just above Delisle is a mountain<br />
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And each different view elicits different observations and understandings. Just above Delisle is a mountain
informally known as the Baby. That is what the very serious scientist Gerard Kuiper called it, seeing it as a<br />
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informally known as the Baby. That is what the very serious scientist Gerard Kuiper called it, seeing it as a
big-headed child crawling to the south. But with this illumination it looks more like a baby stegosaurus. Near<br />
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big-headed child crawling to the south. But with this illumination it looks more like a baby stegosaurus. Near
the left edge of the image is the circular mass of hills called Mount Vinogradov, with Brayley appearing to the<br />
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the left edge of the image is the circular mass of hills called Mount Vinogradov, with Brayley appearing to the
upper left. Between Brayley and Vinogradov is a small hill casting a long tapered shadow. The hill seems to<br />
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upper left. Between Brayley and Vinogradov is a small hill casting a long tapered shadow. The hill seems to
be on an elongated mare swell with a bright ridge that extends the lineation of the hill. Finally, to the right of<br />
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be on an elongated mare swell with a bright ridge that extends the lineation of the hill. Finally, to the right of
the hill are two mare ridges - the slightly more conspicuous one is Arduino - that probably mark the faint<br />
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the hill are two mare ridges - the slightly more conspicuous one is Arduino - that probably mark the faint
continualtion of the Apennine Ring along the west side of the Imbrium Basin.<br />
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continualtion of the Apennine Ring along the west side of the Imbrium Basin.
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<em>[mailto:tychocrater@yahoo.com Chuck Wood]</em><br />
 
<em>[mailto:tychocrater@yahoo.com Chuck Wood]</em><br />
 
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<strong>Related Links</strong><br />
 
<strong>Related Links</strong><br />
Rükl plates [http://the-moon.wikispaces.com/R%C3%BCkl+9 9] &amp; [http://the-moon.wikispaces.com/R%C3%BCkl+19 19]<br />
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Rükl plates [https://the-moon.us/wiki/R%C3%BCkl_9 9] &amp; [https://the-moon.us/wiki/R%C3%BCkl_19 19]<br />
 
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<p><b>Yesterday's LPOD:</b> [[June 4, 2011|Oniric Metamorphosis]] </p>
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<p><b>Tomorrow's LPOD:</b> [[June 6, 2011|Where Has the Earthshine Gone?]] </p>
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Latest revision as of 18:50, 13 October 2018

West Side Story

LPOD-Jun5-11.jpg
north to the right image by Howard Eskildsen, Ocala, Florida

I admire Howard's imaging. He relentlessly uses his standard size amateur telescope to image the nearside under a variety of illuminations. This near terminator view reveals an area I've seldom seen with this lighting. And each different view elicits different observations and understandings. Just above Delisle is a mountain informally known as the Baby. That is what the very serious scientist Gerard Kuiper called it, seeing it as a big-headed child crawling to the south. But with this illumination it looks more like a baby stegosaurus. Near the left edge of the image is the circular mass of hills called Mount Vinogradov, with Brayley appearing to the upper left. Between Brayley and Vinogradov is a small hill casting a long tapered shadow. The hill seems to be on an elongated mare swell with a bright ridge that extends the lineation of the hill. Finally, to the right of the hill are two mare ridges - the slightly more conspicuous one is Arduino - that probably mark the faint continualtion of the Apennine Ring along the west side of the Imbrium Basin.

Chuck Wood

Related Links
Rükl plates 9 & 19


Yesterday's LPOD: Oniric Metamorphosis

Tomorrow's LPOD: Where Has the Earthshine Gone?


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