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| + | <p>[[File:Humorum-northern-LPOD.jpg|Humorum-Lazz]]<br /> |
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| | <em>image by [mailto:paololazzarotti@astromeccanica.it Paolo R. Lazzarotti ]and T. Olivetti</em></p> | | <em>image by [mailto:paololazzarotti@astromeccanica.it Paolo R. Lazzarotti ]and T. Olivetti</em></p> |
| | <p>In my [http://www.cet.edu/ organization] we ring a bell when we achieve a great goal. Paolo Lazzarotti and T. Olivetti should fire a cannon, for their series of images from Bangkok are among the best views of the Moon ever achieved from Earth; their latest of northern Humorum keeps raising the bar. And this LPOD version is just a half size view of the [http://www.lazzarotti-optics.com/foto/northern-humorum20060410_1454_lazz-oliv.jpg original image!] This image is full of sharp details, including the many rilles in Gassendi, the straight and squiggly rilles to the west and, as Paolo wrote, <i>the “starry” Humorum mare filled with hundreds of craterlets.</i> In fact, a detailed comparison with a Lunar Orbiter IV [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/lunar_orbiter/images/img/iv_143_h1.jpg photo] reveals that the Bangkok image captures virtually all of the small mare pits seen from orbit. This LPOD image also indicates that a feature just north of Gassendi J that appears as a mare ridge on [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/lunar_orbiter/images/img/iv_137_h2.jpg Lunar Orbiter IV] may be a small rille. Who would have thought Bangkok would be such a fruitful observing location! And at least one more booming cannon is promised! </p> | | <p>In my [http://www.cet.edu/ organization] we ring a bell when we achieve a great goal. Paolo Lazzarotti and T. Olivetti should fire a cannon, for their series of images from Bangkok are among the best views of the Moon ever achieved from Earth; their latest of northern Humorum keeps raising the bar. And this LPOD version is just a half size view of the [http://www.lazzarotti-optics.com/foto/northern-humorum20060410_1454_lazz-oliv.jpg original image!] This image is full of sharp details, including the many rilles in Gassendi, the straight and squiggly rilles to the west and, as Paolo wrote, <i>the “starry” Humorum mare filled with hundreds of craterlets.</i> In fact, a detailed comparison with a Lunar Orbiter IV [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/lunar_orbiter/images/img/iv_143_h1.jpg photo] reveals that the Bangkok image captures virtually all of the small mare pits seen from orbit. This LPOD image also indicates that a feature just north of Gassendi J that appears as a mare ridge on [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/lunar_orbiter/images/img/iv_137_h2.jpg Lunar Orbiter IV] may be a small rille. Who would have thought Bangkok would be such a fruitful observing location! And at least one more booming cannon is promised! </p> |
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| | [http://www.lazzarotti-optics.com/ Paolo’s website]<br /> | | [http://www.lazzarotti-optics.com/ Paolo’s website]<br /> |
| − | [http://www.lpod.org/?m=20060309 Bruno Daversin’s excellent low sun image]</p> | + | [[March_9,_2006|Bruno Daversin’s excellent low sun image]]</p> |
| − | <p align="center"> | + | <p><b>Yesterday's LPOD:</b> [[June 4, 2006|Untitled]] </p> |
| − | <i>You can support LPOD when you buy ANY book from Amazon thru [http://www.lpod.org/?page_id=102 LPOD!]</i></p> | + | <p><b>Tomorrow's LPOD:</b> [[June 9, 2006|Interlude]] </p> |
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