That same approach can be found to an extent in this atlas. His descriptions of the processes that shaped the features we see on the lunar surface make that book a treasure. Speaking as a long-time lunar observer, I found Charles Wood's (the author of this atlas) The Modern Moon the most instructive book on our moon readily available. I believe it was a disservice to have released a reference book in this condition. This is the only time I've ever felt the need to do this with any brand new book. I immediately went through the book with a highlighter to try to salvage it as a reference tool.

The page ends with a list of six 'other errors', one of these mentions that two of the three craters commemorating the Apollo 11 astronauts have been mislabeled. There are five 'errata', three of which are major and unforgivable: (1) a picture purporting to show crater Plinius in detail actually shows Eratosthenes (2) crater Cassini is printed aligned 180 degrees differently than all other features and (3) an image of the Caucasus Mountains is accompanied by a description of the 'Alpes' Mountains, that erroneous name is itself a departure from the nomenclature adopted for mountain ranges in this atlas). The error page lists thirty-seven 'typographical errors of lunar nomenclature', most on the charts themselves and in their index entries. In a book of only 111 pages, an entire page is given to listing errors in its text and maps. ?īriefly, this Atlas should have been edited thoroughly before being printed. With special maps of the limb and far side, LRO altimetry-based images of major basins and their mare ridge, and maps of the Apollo and Soviet landing sites, this guide offers a level of detail never before seen in an atlas of the Moon. The Atlas clearly provides unprecedented detail on more than one thousand named Moon features, while recommending additional features and images to observe. It is both accessible to the novice and valuable to the expert. With over two hundred Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter images, the highest quality images of the moon ever taken, this atlas illustrates the Moon in high resolution. As an indispensable guide to telescopic moon observation, it can be used at the telescope or as a desk reference. For many, simply noticing it is a pleasure, yet it is also a fascinating world of craters, mountains, and volcanoes worthy of a closer look. The 21st Century Atlas of the Moon is uniquely designed for the backyard, amateur astronomer. 'About this title' may belong to another edition of this title.On most nights and days, the Moon is visible somewhere in the sky. He won the 2011 Murray Geddes Prize, New Zealand's highest astronomy award Collins is a skilled amateur astonomer who enjoys exploring the moon through datasets now publically available from spacecraft, as well as observing and imaging the moon from his backyard. He is currently the chair of the Lunar Task Group of the International Astronomical Union Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature. He has taught and led education and research groups at the University of North Dakota, Biosphere 2 in Arizona, Haile Sellassie I University in Ethiopia, and at Wheeling Jesuit University. Wood is a planetary scientist who has worked at the Smithsonian Institution, Johnson Space Center, and the Planeary Science Institute in Tucson, AZ. The 'Atlas 'clearly provides unprecedented detail on more than one thousand named Moon features, while recommending additional features and images to observe. With over two hundred Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter images, the highest quality images of the moon ever taken, this atlas illustrates the Moon in high resolution. It is both accessible to the novice and valuable to the expert. The '21st Century Atlas of the Moon 'is uniquely designed for the backyard, amateur astronomer. For many, simply noticing it is a pleasure, yet it is also a fascinating world of craters, mountains, and volcanoes worthy of a closer look. On most nights and days, the Moon is visible somewhere in the sky.

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