The Hatfield Lunar Atlas Digitally Re-Mastered Edition /

• Main Author: Cook, Anthony (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2012.
• Subjects: Physics.; Planetology.; Observations, Astronomical.; Astronomy > Observations.; Astronomy.; Astronomy, Observations and Techniques.; Popular Science in Astronomy.

The Hatfield Lunar Atlas has become an amateur lunar observer's bible since it was first published in 1968. A major update of the atlas was made in 1998, using the same wonderful photographs that Commander Henry Hatfield made with his purpose-built 12-inch (300 mm) telescope, but bringing the l...

Table of Contents:

• Chapter 1: Introduction
• The Maps: Overlaps, Scales, Grids
• Nomenclature
• The Librartion Keys
• The Moon's Age and the Sun's Selenographic Colongitude
• The Digital Image Augmentation Process
• For Further Information
• Chapter 2: Lunar Observing Techniques
• Projects for Beginners
• Advanced Techniques
• References
• Chapter 3: Maps and Plates
• Chapter 4: Simulations of Sunrise and Sunset over Selected Features
• Appendices
• Appendix A: Details of Commander Hatfields's Photographic Plates
• Appendix B: TLP Identification Flow Charts
• Appendix C: Index of Named Formations.