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SELENOLOGY the Journal of the American Lunar Society DevoteD to the StuDy of earth’S Moon vol. 29 no. 3 fall 2010 SELENOLOGY The Journal of The American Lunar Society . Selenology Vol. 29 No. 3 - Fall 2010 The official journal of the American Lunar Society, an organization devoted to the observation and discovery of the earth’s moon TABLE OF CONTENTS: We Need Your Participation! Determination of A Feature's Vertical Profile .............................................. 2 Spectroscopy: A How-to For Amateurs ....................................................... 12 This journal showcases the work of American Lunar Society members. Although Selenology is Tidal Heating In the Earth-Moon System ..................................................... 13 always interested in articles, we are running low on photographs and drawings/paintings of the moon. Dyonisius ...................................................................................................... 15 Share your work. Encourage your fellow lunar enthusiasts! And you don't need to be a member to get published, so if you have friends who have been reading your issue, encourage them to submit their work. COVER: Send emails to: [email protected]. Regular Dionysius and Region by Howard mail should be sent to: Eskildsen, Ocala Florida, USA, Selenology 2009/10/26, 00:09 UT, Seeing 6/10, 1807 S. Spring Ave. Transparency 5/6, Meade 6” f/8 Refractor, Sioux Falls, SD 57105. 2X Barlow, DMK 41AU02.AS, W-15 Yellow and IR Block Filters Selenology, Vol. 29 No. 3, Fall 2010. A publication of the American Lunar Society. President: Steve Boint; Vice President: Francis Graham; Editors: Steve Boint, Raffaello Lena. Web site: http://eselenology.offworldventures.com/ ALS MEMBERSHIP http://amlunsoc.org/ Joining the American Lunar Society is simple. Our only requirement is that you are interested in lunar Copyright © 2010 by the American Lunar Society and individual authors; all rights reserved. observation or studies. Once a member, you will receive our journal, Selenology. To become a member, mail a letter to the address below with a check for $15 US (all countries). Please make check payable Send manuscripts, general observations, photographs, drawings and other correspondence to: to: American Lunar Society. Please include both your e-mail and snail-mail addresses. Steve Boint, Pres. ALS, 1807 S. Spring Ave., Sioux Falls, SD 57105 E-mail: [email protected] Andrew Martin, SFO Send changes of address to Andrew Martin at [email protected] 722 Mapleton Rd, If you don’t have e-mail, send them to Steve Boint Rockville, MD 20850 To subscribe to Selenology, send $15 US to Andrew Martin, 722 Mapleton Rd, Rockville, MD 20850 Make checks payable to: American Lunar Society Questions about your membership or subscription? E-mail: [email protected] Page 2 SELENOLOGY Vol. 29 No.3 Fall 2010 Page 3 (free) software is available for this. Registax (http:// error introduced during the mosaicing process. 4) www.astronomie.be/registax/) is free and excel- And the most important rule: DO NOT REFOCUS Determination of A Feature’s Vertical Profile lent. Although a step-by-step isn’t possible where OR TURN THE CAMERA IN THE FOCUSER Accomplished On A Budget software differs, a few guidelines are possible. 1) UNTIL ALL SHOTS FOR THE MOSAIC ARE By Steve Boint Whatever settings used on the frames captured COMPLETED! Failure to follow this rule will ren- for the mosaic should be identical for all video der accurate mosaicing impossible. sequences taken and they should all be processed in Mosaicing is necessary in order to get a good Doing actual lunar research needn’t be be identified later at the measuring stage by find- exactly the same way (frame capture software usu- look at the feature, especially if it is long and restricted to those with telescopes and cameras ing the image which gives the greatest crater depth. ally includes tools for sharpening and changing the extends off of one frame. It also is necessary if costing thousands of dollars. Nor does a person Crater rims as seen from the outside and mountains contrast of the finished frame). Varying techniques publication is your goal, since photos of a feature need to live in an area with perfect skies. When are easier to work with, but they too have their on frames will make the mosaic look bad later. within its larger context help the reader locate the my wife and I first moved to this corner of South requirements. The shadow of the feature must fall Do not add too much sharpening or contrast since feature and understand its topographical and geo- Dakota, the skies were wonderful, but the climate on relatively flat terrain. A rise or fall in the terrain these will make the final mosaic look amateurish. logical surroundings. Luckily, I inherited an old has changed. In the last ten years the jet stream where the shadow tip falls will warp the results. Gentle grays carry more data than do high-contrast version of Adobe Photoshop for my image pro- has often parked just to the south of us, lining up Also, the longer the cast shadow, the more precise images. I process the darkest part of the mosaic cessing. For those without Photoshop or the desire overlapping high and low pressure areas on the the data will be. first since the high- to spend huge ecliptic. This makes the air too wobbly for good I find it easiest to spend an hour or more taking shadow areas gen- amounts of money photos (when it isn’t cloudy). On the other hand, videos of the terminator region (where the shadows erally look the best. on software, many I teach and South Dakota ranks 51st out of the 50 are much longer than the daylit areas) and then Then, I use the freeware graphics states (that’s the honest statistic and I can’t give a later, upon viewing the videos, determine my target same settings on all programs are avail- definite interpretation of the numbers) in teacher for measurement. It would work equally well to do other frames. As a able. Photofiltre is pay. This means my telescope is an old ten inch a detailed live observation in order to determine rule of thumb for one of the best and f/4.5 Newtonian whose focuser is held in place the target feature and then take only video of the processing the first is easily findable with duct tape and a bungee cord. It doesn’t track. region chosen. Either way, be sure to record either (darkest) frame, I using Google. Its mirror has large areas of tarnish. My camera the start or end time of the video sequence in its minimize the white An easy way to is an old Toucam Pro with a chunk of something file name. I use a separate folder with the date and in the image so mosaic is to paste stuck on one corner of the CCD chip. I won’t be then for individual files I record the end time (sans that only a small all the images into getting on LPOD soon. Still, I have found a way to colon): 1025cdst. I convert to universal time later. amount shows, one document, do interesting lunar research determining the pro- I’ve learned through experience that I’ll need Figure 1: I decided to produce a profile of the mountains north perhaps a glint off each as a separate files of lunar peaks which have not been previously to have at least 100, preferably more, frames of the of Gay-Lussac crater as an example. This is a mosaic of many of one peak. 2) layer. Then, set the measured in detail. feature on the avi taken by the webcam. Since my images taken by me on 04/27/2007 at 1:38 - 1:45 UT using Make a separate darkest one on one The method involves: 1) acquiring a useable telescope doesn’t track a feature, therefore requir- a 10" Newtonian, f/4.5, 2x Barlow, and a Philips Toucam set of images for edge of the docu- photo and determining the feature to measure, 2) ing me to let the moon move across the field of my Pro II. Each image which made up the mosaic was made the actual research. ment. Next, change measuring the feature, 3) graphing the results, 4) telescope, I need to give lots of leading and follow- using Registax by stacking 100 frames. Latitude: 43.5293 N. This is necessary the transparency publishing the results. This article will look at each ing space on the video. Generally 50 frames before Longitude: 96.7313 W. because sharpening of the layer which of these steps in turn. the image comes on screen and 50 frames after the image or chang- overlaps the previ- the image leaves the screen is sufficient. Since ing its contrast can negatively effect the measure- ous one to 50%. Drag it into place. Use the arrow Acquiring a useable photo and determining the the terrain surrounding the target feature plays a ments done later. Since the measurements will be keys for fine movements. Once it appears to be feature to be measured large role in interpreting results, I try to take video primarily on the shadow cast by the feature, length- placed correctly, return its transparency to 0%. In order to produce a profile of a lunar feature images of the moon immediately above and below ening the shadow can ruin results. For the actual Most image manipulation software has a way to by using the shadow method, some very specific the path which contained my feature. It is also research frames, use as little enhancement of the toggle layers on and off for viewing. Using this, criteria must be met in choosing the feature. If a valuable to leave plenty of overlap between the image as possible.
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