March 4, 2004
Ptolemaeus Peak Heights
Image Credit: NASA Chart LM 77 |
Ptolemaeus Peak Heights Lunar observers, long impressed by lengthy shadows of ["LPOD-2004-03-03.htm" peaks] |
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Comparing peak heights I determined using the LM 77 chart with values reported by Neison in 1876 and Schmidt in
1878 shows a systematic under-estimation of Neison's values. It is perplexing that his values are as much as 50%
less than the modern values; Schmidt's two heights are 500 m too high and 500 m too low. However, in Wilkins &
Moore's 1955 The Moon, the only height given is eta at 9000 ft which equals nearly exactly the modern value!
Someone needs to write a program that will allow amateurs to routinely measure heights from their own ccd images.
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