Lunar Orbiter Photographic Atlas of the Near Side of the Moon (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781852338862)

In 1967, Lunar Orbiter Mission 4 sent back to Earth a superb series of photographs of the surface of the Moon. Using 21^st century computer techniques, Charles Byrne - previously System Engineer of the Apollo Program for Lunar Orbiter Photography - has removed the scanning artifacts and transmission imperfections to produce a most comprehensive and beautifully detailed set of images of the lunar surface. To help practical astronomers, all the photographs are systematically related to an Earth-based view.

The book has been organized to make it easy for astronomers to use, enabling ground-based images and views to be compared with the Orbiter photographs. Every astronomer - amateur and professional - who is interested in the Moon will want this book in his library!

Author: Charles Byrne
ISBN-10: 1852338865
ISBN-13: 9781852338862
Publisher: Springer
Language: English
Published: 05/27/2005
Pages: 329
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.81lbs
Size: 11.10h x 8.54w x 0.74d