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November 2020 the Lunar Observer by the Numbers A publication of the Lunar Section of ALPO Edited by David Teske: [email protected] 2162 Enon Road, Louisville, Mississippi, USA Back issues: http://www.alpo-astronomy.org/ Online readers, November 2020 click on images In This Issue for hyperlinks Lunar Calendar October 2020 2 An Invitation to Join ALPO 2 Observations Received 3 By the Numbers 5 Submission Through the ALPO Image Achieve 6 When Submitting Observations to the ALPO Lunar Section 7 Call For Observations Focus-On 7 Focus-On Announcement 8 South of Heraclitus, R. Hill 9 Pythagoras-Carpenter Region, H. Eskildsen 10 Orientale (the image that almost wasn’t) H. Eskildsen 11 Northern Moon, H. Eskildsen 13 A 3D Moon, V. H. Cabrera and D. G. Teyssier 14 Taurus-Littrow Base, R. Hill 17 Taruntius, H. Eskildsen 18 Dorsa Geikie, A. Anunziato 24 An “X” Northeast of Nicollet, S. Babino and A. Anunziato 25 Size Comparison Between Full Moons Perigee and Apogee in 2020, V. H. Cabrera and D. G. Teyssier 28 Shadowplay, R. Hill 29 Central Ridgets on Heraclitus and Stöfler, A. Anunziato 30 Searching Lunar Domes in Mare Crisium: The Dome Crisium 1 Near Cleomedes G (Preliminary Report), R. Lena 32 ALPO Banded Crater Program 38 Focus-On Lunar Targets 31-40, J. Hubbell 40 Recent Topographic Studies 53 Lunar Geologic Change Detection Program T. Cook 82 Key to Images in this Issue 88 This issue features a number of very interesting articles about the Moon including the very popular Focus- On Lunar Targets by Jerry Hubbell. Howard Eskildsen and Robert Hays, Jr. added articles that compli- mented these Focus-On targets. The apparent size of the Moon is explored in two articles by Victor Cabrera and Diana Teyssier. Alberto Anunziato and Sergio Babino highlight various lunar targets, as does Rik Hill. Raffaello Lena allowed some of his wonderful lunar dome research to grace our pages. As al- ways, Tony Cook presents a thorough and interesting Lunar Geologic Change Detection article. Howard Eskildsen has begun research again in the ALPO Banded Craters Program. Many thanks to all contribu- tors here. Clear skies and be safe! -David Teske The Lunar Observer/November 2020/ 1 Lunar Calendar November 2020 Date Time UT Event November 5 0200 Moon 0.2o north of M35 6 Greatest northern declination of the Moon, +24.8o 8 West limb most exposed -7.4o 8 1346 Last Quarter Moon 11 South limb most exposed -6.7o 12 2100 Venus 3o south of Moon 13 2100 Mercury 1.7o south of Moon 14 1200 Moon at perigee 357,837 km, large tides 15 0507 New Moon, lunation 1211 18 Greatest southern declination of the Moon -24.7o 19 0900 Jupiter 2o north of Moon 19 1500 Saturn 3o north of Moon 20 East limb most exposed +7.5o 22 0445 First Quarter Moon 24 North limb most exposed +6.8o 25 2000 Moon at apogee 405,894 km 30 0930 Full Moon, penumbral eclipse magnitude 0.828, visible in much of the West- ern Hemisphere The Lunar Observer welcomes all lunar related images, drawings, articles, reviews of equipment and reviews of books. You do not have to be a member of ALPO to submit material, though membership is highly encouraged. Please see below for membership and near the end of The Lunar Observer for submission guidelines. Comments and suggestions? Please send to David Teske, contact information page 1. Need a hard copy, please contact David Teske. AN INVITATION TO JOIN THE A.L.P.O. The Lunar Observer is a publication of the Association of Lunar and Planetary Observers that is available for access and participation by non- members free of charge, but there is more to the A.L.P.O. than a monthly lunar newsletter. If you are a nonmember you are invited to join our organization for its many other advantages. We have sections devoted to the observation of all types of bodies found in our solar system. Section coordinators collect and study members’ observations, correspond with observers, encourage beginners, and contribute reports to our Jour- nal at appropriate intervals. Our quarterly journal, The Journal of the Association of Lunar and Planetary Observers-The Strolling Astronomer, contains the results of the many observing programs which we sponsor including the drawings and images produced by indi- vidual amateurs. Additional information about the A.L.P.O. and its Journal is on-line at: http://www.alpo-astronomy.org. I invite you to spend a few minutes browsing the Section Pages to learn more about the fine work being done by your fellow amateur astronomers. To learn more about membership in the A.L.P.O. go to: http://www.alpo- astronomy.org/main/member.html which now also provides links so that you can enroll and pay your membership dues online. The Lunar Observer/November 2020/ 2 Lunar Topographic Studies Coordinator – David Teske - [email protected] Assistant Coordinator – William Dembowski - [email protected] Assistant Coordinator – Jerry Hubbell – [email protected] Assistant Coordinator-Wayne Bailey– [email protected] Website: http://www.alpo-astronomy.org/ Observations Received Name Location and Organization Image/Article Jay Albert Lake Worth, Florida, USA Images of Arago, Schickard and Tri- esnecker. Alberto Anunziato Paraná, Argentina Drawing and article Dorsa Geikie, An “X” Northeast of Nicollet; Observing the Bottom of Mare Nubium, Central Ridgets on Heraclitus and Stöfler, imag- es of Copernicus (2), Plato, Schickard and drawings of Arago (3). Sergio Babino Montevideo, Uruguay Images and article An “X” Northeast of Nicollet; Observing the Bottom of Mare Nubium, images of Arago, the Serpen- tine Ridge, Lacus Mortis, Grimaldi (2) and Sabine. Juan Manuel Biagi Oro Verde, Argentina Images of Lacus Mortis and Grimaldi. Victor Cabrera Astronomical Society of Puebla – Articles and images A 3D Moon and Size “German Martinez Hidalgo” SAP-GMH, Comparison Between Full Moons Peri- city of Puebla, Mexico. gee and Apogee in 2020. Francisco Alsina Cardinalli Oro Verde, Argentina Image of Mare Nubium, Taruntius, the Serpentine Ridge (3), Lacus Mortis (2), Triesnecker rilles (4), Grimaldi (2), Sab- ine, Schickard and Janssen. Jairo Chavez Popayán, Colombia Image of the Full Moon. Howard Eskildsen Ocala, Florida, USA Articles and images Pythagoras- Carpenter Region, Orientale (the image that almost wasn’t), Northern Moon, Taruntius, images of banded crater Aris- tarchus, banded crater Anaxagoras, banded crater Damoiseau and banded crater Pytheas. Fernando Gimenez Montevideo, Uruguay Image of Bailly. Desiré Godoy Oro Verde, Argentina, SLA Image of Taruntius. Martín Queirolo Gomez Montevideo, Uruguay Image of Schickard. Marcelo Mojica Gundlach Cochabamba, Bolivia Image of Janssen. Many thanks for all these observations, images, and drawings. The Lunar Observer/November 2020/ 3 Lunar Topographic Studies Coordinator – David Teske - [email protected] Assistant Coordinator – William Dembowski - [email protected] Assistant Coordinator – Jerry Hubbell – [email protected] Assistant Coordinator-Wayne Bailey– [email protected] Website: http://www.alpo-astronomy.org/ Observations Received Name Location and Organization Image/Article Robert H. Hays, Jr. Worth, Illinois, USA Articles and drawings Arago & Man- ners, Triesnecker and Ritter, Sabine, Schmidt and Dionysius. Rik Hill Loudon Observatory, Tucson, Arizona, Articles and images North of Heraclitus, USA Taurus-Littrow Base and Shadowplay. Jerry Hubbell Wilderness, Virginia, USA Image of the 21 and 22 day old Moon, article and images Focus-On Lunar Tar- gets 31-40. Raffaello Lena Rome, Italy Images of Sinus Aestuum, Stadius and Eratosthenes and article Searching Lunar Domes in Mare Crisium: The Dome Crisium 1 Located Near Cleomedes G (Preliminary Report) Pedro Romano San Juan, Argentina Images of Plato, Copernicus (2), Tycho and the Serpentine Ridge. Leandro Sid AEA, Oro Verde, Argentina Images of Copernicus (3), Proclus and the Waxing Gibbous Moon. Fernando Surà San Nicolás de los Arroyos, Argentina Image of Plato. David Teske Louisville, Mississippi, USA Images of the Serpentine Ridge, Grimal- di Basin, Sabine and Ritter and Janssen. Diana Garcia Teyssier Astronomical Society of Puebla – Articles and images A 3D Moon and “German Martinez Hidalgo” SAP-GMH, Size Comparison Between Full Moons city of Puebla, Mexico. Perigee and Apogee in 2020. Román García Verdier Paraná, Argentina Images of Bessel, Alphonsus and Stevi- nus. Many thanks for all these observations, images, and drawings. The Lunar Observer/November 2020/ 4 November 2020 The Lunar Observer By the Numbers This month there were 78 observations by 22 countries in 7 countries. The Lunar Observer/November 2020/ 5 SUBMISSION THROUGH THE ALPO IMAGE ARCHIVE ALPO’s archives go back many years and preserve the many observations and reports made by am- ateur astronomers. ALPO’s galleries allow you to see on-line the thumbnail images of the submitted pictures/observations, as well as full size versions. It now is as simple as sending an email to include your images in the archives. Simply attach the image to an email addressed to [email protected] (lunar images). It is helpful if the filenames follow the naming convention : FEATURE-NAME_YYYY-MM-DD-HHMM.ext YYYY {0..9} Year MM {0..9} Month DD {0..9} Day HH {0..9} Hour (UT) MM {0..9} Minute (UT) .ext (file type extension) (NO spaces or special characters other than “_” or “-”. Spaces within a feature name should be replaced by “-”.) As an example the following file name would be a valid filename: Sinus-Iridum_2018-04-25-0916.jpg (Feature Sinus Iridum, Year 2018, Month April, Day 25, UT Time 09 hr16 min) Additional information requested for lunar images (next page) should, if possible, be included on the image. Alternatively, include the information in the submittal e-mail, and/or in the file name (in which case, the coordinator will superimpose it on the image before archiving).
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