Exploring the Moon Through Binoculars and Small TelescopesInformative, profusely illustrated guide to locating and identifying craters, rills, seas, mountains, other lunar features. Newly revised and updated with special section of new photos. Over 100 photos and diagrams. "Extraordinary delight awaits the amateur astronomer or teacher who opens this book." — The Science Teacher. |
Contents
The Man in the Moon and Other Features | 4 |
How the Moon Behaves | 32 |
Selenography | 38 |
A Month with the Moon | 77 |
TwoDay Moon 81 | 176 |
NineDay Moon 108 | 186 |
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Exploring the Moon Through Binoculars and Small Telescopes Ernest H. Cherrington Limited preview - 2013 |
Common terms and phrases
Apennines Apollo appears Aristarchus binoculars bright east brilliant central mountain central peak circular Class 1 crater Clavius conspicuous Copernicus crescent crest Crisium length Crisium width disk distance earth edge enclosure feet deep Fig floor Grimaldi half illuminated inner east wall interior Irregular Kepler Langrenus large crater larger lava libration light limb located look Lunar Orbiter lunar surface Mare Crisium Mare Fecunditatis Mare Frigoris Mare Humorum Mare Imbrium Mare Nectaris Mare Nubium Mare Serenitatis Mare Tranquillitatis maria miles in diameter miles long MOON Chart moon's mountain-walled plain MuPk night northeast northwest observation Oceanus Procellarum PALUS Palus Epidemiarum photographs Plato Posidonius prominent Ranger ray system ridge rills ring rises seen shadow shore of Mare shows Sinus Iridum small craters smaller southeast southwest speck spot tangent telescope terminator Theophilus SW tonight Tycho unlabeled and Fig VII Gassendi visible west wall Young