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| + | <td width="50%"><h2 align="left">Color Moon Map</h2></td> | ||
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| + | <td width="50%"><h2 align="right">March 7, 2004</h2></td> | ||
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| + | <IMG SRC="images/LPOD-2004-03-07.jpeg" NAME="main_image" width="495" height="425" border="0"></div> | ||
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| + | <td><div align="center" span class="main_sm">Image Credit: <a class="one" HREF="mailto:filipe@pixmix.tv">Filipe Alves</A></div></td> | ||
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| + | <p class="story" align="center"><b>Color Moon Map </b></p> | ||
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| + | The Jan 28 [../01/LPOD-2004-01-28.htm LPOD] astonished many observers with its detailed color rendition | ||
| + | of the Full Moon. Now that imager, Filipe Alves, has used advanced computer manipulation to create a Mercator-like | ||
| + | projection color image of the Moon - the first I know of. This is a level of sophistication that is new to | ||
| + | amateur Moon mapping. Here is what the color key at the bottom right says. Left column: Mare- basaltic zones: top | ||
| + | gold button = metal poor basalts Ti <2% wt, Fe <15%. Second purple button = metal rich basalts Ti >3%, Fe >15%, | ||
| + | Th <6 ppm. Third blue button = metal rich basalts Ti >7%, Fe >15%, Th <4 ppm. The right hand column is labeled | ||
| + | Continental zones: top white button = recent impact ejecta, 2nd gray button: continental platform - basin ejecta. | ||
| + | Bottom brown button = volcanic origin zones (?). Knowing the difficulty that professional astronomers have in | ||
| + | calibrating their images to derive elemental abundances I assume that Filipe has simply calibrated his image | ||
| + | against published images such as the map made from the Galileo flyby. Click the image above for a larger view of | ||
| + | Filipe's wonderful map. | ||
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| + | <p class"story"><b>Related Links:</b><br> | ||
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| + | [http://discovery.scifi-art.com/tstexture/ UV Projections]<br> | ||
| + | [http://www.psrd.hawaii.edu/Oct97/MoonFeO.html Calibrating lunar images]</p> | ||
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| + | <p class"story"> <b>Tomorrow's LPOD:</b> Sunset Over Clavius</p> | ||
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| + | <p><img src="../../../MainPage/spacer.gif" width="640" height="1"></p> | ||
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| + | <p align="center" class="main_titles"><b>Author & Editor:</b><br> | ||
| + | [mailto:chuck@observingthesky.org Charles A. Wood]</p> | ||
| + | <p align="center" class="main_titles"><b>Technical Consultant:</b><br> | ||
| + | [mailto:anthony@perseus.gr Anthony Ayiomamitis]</p> | ||
| + | <p align="center" class="main_titles"><b>[mailto:webmaster@entropysponge.com Contact Webmaster]</b></p> | ||
| + | <p align="center" class="main_titles"><b>A service of:</b><br> | ||
| + | <a class="one" href="http://www.observingthesky.org/">ObservingTheSky.Org</a></p> | ||
| + | <p align="center" class="main_titles"><b>Visit these other PODs:</b> <br> | ||
| + | <a class="one" href="http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html">Astronomy</a> | <a class="one" href="http://www.msss.com/">Mars</a> | <a class="one" href="http://epod.usra.edu/">Earth</a></p></td> | ||
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Revision as of 15:36, 4 January 2015
Color Moon Map
Color Moon Map |
March 7, 2004 |
<IMG SRC="images/LPOD-2004-03-07.jpeg" NAME="main_image" width="495" height="425" border="0">
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Image Credit: <a class="one" HREF="mailto:filipe@pixmix.tv">Filipe Alves</A> |
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Color Moon Map The Jan 28 [../01/LPOD-2004-01-28.htm LPOD] astonished many observers with its detailed color rendition of the Full Moon. Now that imager, Filipe Alves, has used advanced computer manipulation to create a Mercator-like projection color image of the Moon - the first I know of. This is a level of sophistication that is new to amateur Moon mapping. Here is what the color key at the bottom right says. Left column: Mare- basaltic zones: top gold button = metal poor basalts Ti <2% wt, Fe <15%. Second purple button = metal rich basalts Ti >3%, Fe >15%, Th <6 ppm. Third blue button = metal rich basalts Ti >7%, Fe >15%, Th <4 ppm. The right hand column is labeled Continental zones: top white button = recent impact ejecta, 2nd gray button: continental platform - basin ejecta. Bottom brown button = volcanic origin zones (?). Knowing the difficulty that professional astronomers have in calibrating their images to derive elemental abundances I assume that Filipe has simply calibrated his image against published images such as the map made from the Galileo flyby. Click the image above for a larger view of Filipe's wonderful map. Related Links: Tomorrow's LPOD: Sunset Over Clavius <img src="../../../MainPage/spacer.gif" width="640" height="1"> |
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Author & Editor: Technical Consultant: A service of: Visit these other PODs: |
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