Review
'The concept of providing a day-by-day photographic guide for observing Lunar features throughout an entire Lunation, specifically aimed at owners of small telescopes, is excellent … I recommend the book for those wishing to have a crash course on the Moon's features …'. Mike Brown, Popular Astronomy
'… it is a splendid guide to identifying the various features; I have never seen this better done. The text is written in a charmingly informal style, and it is clear that the authors are real enthusiasts - or lunatics, as they call themselves! I have been observing the Moon for over seventy years, and I have a great deal of lunar material, but this delightful and refreshing Atlas will have an honoured place in my library.' Patrick Moore, The Observatory
'… a beautifully presented guide to observing lunar features with small telescopes … an excellent photographic lunar day-by-day guide and I can certainly recommend it to owners of small telescopes and less-experienced observers. All you need is a month of clear skies to follow an entire Lunation!' Gordon Nason, Astronomy & Space
'the authors have produced a very well thought out and helpful addition to the many books published on this subject. This represents a book starting book, which … should form the basis of a successful understanding of lunar topography.' Journal of the British Astronomical Association
'… it is a splendid guide to identifying the various features; I have never seen this better done. The text is written in a charmingly informal style, and it is clear that the authors are real enthusiasts - or lunatics, as they call themselves! I have been observing the Moon for over seventy years, and I have a great deal of lunar material, but this delightful and refreshing Atlas will have an honoured place in my library.' Patrick Moore, The Observatory
'… a beautifully presented guide to observing lunar features with small telescopes … an excellent photographic lunar day-by-day guide and I can certainly recommend it to owners of small telescopes and less-experienced observers. All you need is a month of clear skies to follow an entire Lunation!' Gordon Nason, Astronomy & Space
'the authors have produced a very well thought out and helpful addition to the many books published on this subject. This represents a book starting book, which … should form the basis of a successful understanding of lunar topography.' Journal of the British Astronomical Association
Product Description
The Photographic Atlas of the Moon is a day-by-day photographic guide to observing the features of the Moon through a small telescope. Compiled by three keen amateur astronomers, each image was produced using a 40cm telescope and high-resolution low speed film. Whole Moon images are provided for each day of the 29-day lunar cycle, with labelled features and accompanying descriptive text. Selected lunar features are shown at high magnification to highlight and clearly illustrate certain regions. All lunar features are labelled using current IAU terminology. A comprehensive set of appendices detail the phases of the Moon, give a chronology of lunar selenography, and index all lunar features named in the text. This atlas is an invaluable reference guide for amateurs engaging in lunar observations with a small telescope.
Book Description
A day-by-day photographic guide to observing the features of the Moon through a small telescope. Whole Moon images are provided for each day of the 29-day lunar cycle, with labelled features and accompanying descriptive text. An invaluable reference guide for amateurs engaging in lunar observations with a small telescope.
About the Author
Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society, and has been President of the Astronomical Society of Malaysia.
President of the Astronomical Society of Singapore since its foundation in 1992, avid astrophotographer, Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society.
Vice President of the Astronomical Society of Singapore, avid astrophotographer.
President of the Astronomical Society of Singapore since its foundation in 1992, avid astrophotographer, Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society.
Vice President of the Astronomical Society of Singapore, avid astrophotographer.
