Post by Chicago Astronomer - Astro Joe on Jun 9, 2006 14:51:48 GMT -6
Detailed Lunar Image by Earth based Telescope
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 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, the “starry” Humorum mare filled with hundreds of craterlets. In fact, a detailed comparison with a Lunar Orbiter IV 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 Lunar Orbiter IV may be a small rille. Who would have thought Bangkok would be such a fruitful observing location.
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The full size image of the area is quite detailed and incredible! I wonder what the resolution is in that image...100ft across?
Well worth your while to pay Lunar Picture of the Day a visit!...:
www.lpod.org/?m=20060608