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Dear fellow Orbiters.
Hope, this hint makes your Orbiter trips to the moon even more vivid than already:
Some valuable background data on the vicinity you're planning to visit can be gathered via a tool "VMA" (Virtual Moon Atlas) by Christian Legrand and Patrick Chevalley ( http://ap-i.net/avl/en/start ). Also, if you're owner of a telescope, it might be interesting to do some sight-seeing in real before you're launching off - VMA assists in directing your scope to the point of interest.
It has enhanced by experiences with Orbiter moon missions, so I just wanted to share this info with you.
E.g. here is an excerpt of what's available about the Clavius crater:
Type: Walled plain
Geological period: Typical Nectarian (From -3.92 billions years to -3.85 billions years)
Size:
Dimension: 231.0x231.0Km / 136.0x136.0Mi
Height: 0.0
Height/Wide ratio: 0.0204
Description:
Damaged circular formation.
Steep slopes riddled supporting crater Blancanus to the South-West. Very high walls ridden by Porter to the North-East Rutherford to the South-East Clavius K to the South-West and Clavius L to the West.
Large flat floor with Clavius D C N J & JA on an arc of circle. Numerous craterlets whose a chain to the South-West. Lines of crests.
Observation:
Interest : Exceptional formation
Observation period: 1 day after First Quarter or Last Quarter
Minimal Instrument: 10x binoculars
Position:
Longitude: 14.4° West
Latitude: 58.4° South
Quadrant: South-West
Area: Moon South limb
Atlas:
Rukl map: 72 Clavius
Viscardy page: 46
Hatfield map: 10d3 / 12a2 / 14g3 / 14h3
Westfall Atlas: 009S 018S 024S 029S 036S 174S 179S 183S 191S
Charles Wood article: ST01/02 MM125 L100/009
Lunar Orbiter: IV-106-M ... (picture links) ...
Regards - Rob
Thanks to Martin and the numerous add-on developers for making a dream come true.
Hope, this hint makes your Orbiter trips to the moon even more vivid than already:
Some valuable background data on the vicinity you're planning to visit can be gathered via a tool "VMA" (Virtual Moon Atlas) by Christian Legrand and Patrick Chevalley ( http://ap-i.net/avl/en/start ). Also, if you're owner of a telescope, it might be interesting to do some sight-seeing in real before you're launching off - VMA assists in directing your scope to the point of interest.
It has enhanced by experiences with Orbiter moon missions, so I just wanted to share this info with you.
E.g. here is an excerpt of what's available about the Clavius crater:
Type: Walled plain
Geological period: Typical Nectarian (From -3.92 billions years to -3.85 billions years)
Size:
Dimension: 231.0x231.0Km / 136.0x136.0Mi
Height: 0.0
Height/Wide ratio: 0.0204
Description:
Damaged circular formation.
Steep slopes riddled supporting crater Blancanus to the South-West. Very high walls ridden by Porter to the North-East Rutherford to the South-East Clavius K to the South-West and Clavius L to the West.
Large flat floor with Clavius D C N J & JA on an arc of circle. Numerous craterlets whose a chain to the South-West. Lines of crests.
Observation:
Interest : Exceptional formation
Observation period: 1 day after First Quarter or Last Quarter
Minimal Instrument: 10x binoculars
Position:
Longitude: 14.4° West
Latitude: 58.4° South
Quadrant: South-West
Area: Moon South limb
Atlas:
Rukl map: 72 Clavius
Viscardy page: 46
Hatfield map: 10d3 / 12a2 / 14g3 / 14h3
Westfall Atlas: 009S 018S 024S 029S 036S 174S 179S 183S 191S
Charles Wood article: ST01/02 MM125 L100/009
Lunar Orbiter: IV-106-M ... (picture links) ...
Regards - Rob
Thanks to Martin and the numerous add-on developers for making a dream come true.
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