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Offline TimberWolfAu

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Re: Book Review/New Book!!
« Reply #15 on: February 11, 2025, 02:21:23 AM »
I like scrolling through some of the old threads, when they remind me of something I meant to search out. On that note;

New book!!

"The Moon as Viewed by Lunar Orbiter'

Has a nice section at the beginning about the equipment used too.

Which reminds me, what was it with NASA and green books? So many books from that time period seem to have green covering.

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Re: Book Review/New Book!!
« Reply #16 on: July 26, 2025, 01:04:26 PM »
Not exactly a new book, but still something fun (goes nicely with The Moon as Viewed by Lunar Orbiter);

A photo from Lunar Orbiter 3. And, from what I can tell, they are from this Lunar Orbiter 3 frame (a little south east from the middle, there is a crater with two smaller craters above and to the right. I think I have matched this photo to those two craters);
https://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/lunarorbiter/frame/?3011

(Had to make them a little smaller, hope they turn out alright)

From the description;
This photograph is an enlargement of a portion of the twelfth telephoto lens photograph taken of Sire 3P-1 by Lunar Orbiter III. When the picture is viewed with the largest and darkest crater at the upper right, North is 21 degres to the left of the top of the photograph and the Sun is shining from right at 14 ½ degrees above horizon. The picture covers a portion of the lunar surface approximately three- quarters of a mile on a side.

It was taken at 2:00 a.m. PST. on February 15, and radioed to the Goldstone California Deep Space Network station at 10:36 a.m. PST.