Pictures of Moon's Surface.

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"G=EMC^2 Glazier" wrote in message
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From Earth and with the nice 8" armature telescopes own by millions of
armature astronomers do they take pictures of the Moon? When I was a
kid I made a 4" telescope,and went to my roof and just looked at the
Moon,every night all summer long. I was hoping to see a new crater. It
never happened. Can I ask has there been any new creates on the Moon"s
surface in the last 60 years? Bert

There have undoubtedly been many craters created in the past years, but all
of them are too small to be resolved from Earth. As a matter of fact on
November 15, 1953 Dr. Leon Stuart observed what is believed to be an actual
meteor impact event on the Moon. Recently I've read they've indeed
positively identified the crater created by the impact from high resolution
Moon satellite data (could be Clementine, but don't take my word for it).
Perhaps someone might have a bit more info on this?

I'm fairly sure the "1953" crater has been identified in photos taken
before then, so it's no longer a good candidate, but IIRC Lunar Orbiter
imaged the crater produced by one of the Ranger probes. The
high-resolution cameras planned in the next few years should be able to
image the Apollo Saturn IV-B impact craters.
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Hi Jonathan With the moon being so big and bright with those high
resolution cameras I was hoping they could be motion picture cameras and
slow motion on the moon. Possibly a rock slide. The moon having no
atmosphere it must get hit very hard,and often. It has to intercept lots
of meteors that would have hit the Earth. Rock slides do to
small meteorite impacts,and possible from expansion due to fast changes
in temperature. Bert

Hi Jonathan With the moon being so big and bright with those high
resolution cameras I was hoping they could be motion picture cameras and
slow motion on the moon. Possibly a rock slide. The moon having no
atmosphere it must get hit very hard,and often. It has to intercept lots
of meteors that would have hit the Earth. Rock slides do to
small meteorite impacts,and possible from expansion due to fast changes
in temperature. Bert

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Because you wouldn't let him lick yours?


It would distract me while taking pictures of moon craters.

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"Dick Justice" wrote in alt.astronomy:

Because you wouldn't let him lick yours?


It would distract me while taking pictures of moon craters.

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(G=EMC^2 Glazier) wrote in alt.astronomy:

Hi Jonathan With the moon being so big and bright with those high
resolution cameras I was hoping they could be motion picture cameras and
slow motion on the moon. Possibly a rock slide. The moon having no
atmosphere it must get hit very hard,and often. It has to intercept lots
of meteors that would have hit the Earth. Rock slides do to
small meteorite impacts,and possible from expansion due to fast changes
in temperature. Bert



But no way to be seen with Earth bound telescopes, not even with the
Hubble Space Telescope.

So it seems we're stuck with making pics of craters. And the M42. And the
Dumbbell. And M31. And...


BTW:http://pages.towson.edu/astorrs/moon.htm

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(G=EMC^2 Glazier) wrote in alt.astronomy:

Hi Jonathan With the moon being so big and bright with those high
resolution cameras I was hoping they could be motion picture cameras and
slow motion on the moon. Possibly a rock slide. The moon having no
atmosphere it must get hit very hard,and often. It has to intercept lots
of meteors that would have hit the Earth. Rock slides do to
small meteorite impacts,and possible from expansion due to fast changes
in temperature. Bert



But no way to be seen with Earth bound telescopes, not even with the
Hubble Space Telescope.

So it seems we're stuck with making pics of craters. And the M42. And the
Dumbbell. And M31. And...


BTW:http://pages.towson.edu/astorrs/moon.htm

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"G=EMC^2 Glazier" wrote in message
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Hi Jonathan With the moon being so big and bright with those high
resolution cameras I was hoping they could be motion picture cameras and
slow motion on the moon. Possibly a rock slide.

I can imagine how exciting that would be :-)

The moon having no
atmosphere it must get hit very hard,and often. It has to intercept lots
of meteors that would have hit the Earth.

I don't think the Moon has nearly as much shielding effect on the Earth as
you might think. Just look up the sky and see the percentage of the total
sky area the Moon covers. Pretty negligible, isn't it? For those who think
Moon's gravity diverts meteors away from hitting Earth, consider the ones
that would normally miss us by a small margin, but hit instead because of
the additional pull by the Moon. So in total it's pretty much a null effect.

Rock slides do to small meteorite impacts,and possible from expansion due
to fast changes
in temperature. Bert


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"G=EMC^2 Glazier" wrote in message
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Hi Jonathan With the moon being so big and bright with those high
resolution cameras I was hoping they could be motion picture cameras and
slow motion on the moon. Possibly a rock slide.

I can imagine how exciting that would be :-)

The moon having no
atmosphere it must get hit very hard,and often. It has to intercept lots
of meteors that would have hit the Earth.

I don't think the Moon has nearly as much shielding effect on the Earth as
you might think. Just look up the sky and see the percentage of the total
sky area the Moon covers. Pretty negligible, isn't it? For those who think
Moon's gravity diverts meteors away from hitting Earth, consider the ones
that would normally miss us by a small margin, but hit instead because of
the additional pull by the Moon. So in total it's pretty much a null effect.

Rock slides do to small meteorite impacts,and possible from expansion due
to fast changes
in temperature. Bert


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Cee Bee Maybe seeing the motion of shadows on the white surface could
be seen by the Hubble? The best viewing time would be when the sun is
close to the moon"s horizon.(very long shadows) I use to do a lot of
shadow photography. Is it possible to see the craters on the moon in day
light? We can see the moon in day light. Bert