Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface and Acknowledgements
- dedication
- Section I Terminator Observation and Interpretation
- Section II Atlas
- 3 Arrangement of the Atlas
- 3 Making the Mosaics
- 4 Near Full
- Appendix: Lunar Physical Ephemeris, 2000-2010
- Bibliography
- Mosaic Feature Index
- Subject Index
- Individual Features Index
3 - Arrangement of the Atlas
from Section II - Atlas
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 February 2015
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface and Acknowledgements
- dedication
- Section I Terminator Observation and Interpretation
- Section II Atlas
- 3 Arrangement of the Atlas
- 3 Making the Mosaics
- 4 Near Full
- Appendix: Lunar Physical Ephemeris, 2000-2010
- Bibliography
- Mosaic Feature Index
- Subject Index
- Individual Features Index
Summary
The CCD image mosaics in this section show the Moon at 47 different phases, arranged in ascending order of colongitude (291°-357°, 003°-247°) from waxing crescent to waning crescent. North is at the top in all views. Each phase begins with a page that describes selected features best seen under that lighting. The top margin of the descriptive page lists the telescopic, lighting, and topocentric libration conditions of the mosaic. Accompanying the descriptive text are one or more large-scale CCD images of selected features. Following this page is the CCD image mosaic, shown in two or three sections arranged in north-to-south order, with the latitude range and scale given on each section. For example, the view at colongitude 067°.2 is titled simply “Colongitude 067°.” Its descriptive page includes enlarged views of two selected lunar areas then visible. Its three mosaic pages are labeled “067°-N” (north), “067°-C” (central), and “067°-S” (south).
Each mosaic section includes an inset that gives the names of the formations that appear in the image. In addition, on pages 269-288 is an overall index of named formations, divided into craters and non-crater features. The index gives features' longitudes and latitudes and the colongitude mosaics on which they appear. For craters, diameters and depths are also given On pages 59 and 60 are two lunar index maps that show the position of the terminator for each mosaic; the first map for the waxing Moon (Figure II.1) and the second for the waning Moon.
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- Atlas of the Lunar Terminator , pp. 57Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2000