February 29, 2020
The Lunar Observer March 2020
The March 2020 issue of The Lunar Observer, newsletter of the ALPO Lunar Topographical Studies & Selected Areas Program, and the Lunar Geological Change program is available at http://moon.scopesandscapes.com/tlo. Back issues are also available at http://moon.scopesandscapes.com. As always, thanks so much for the contributors and readers of The Lunar Observer. In the March 2020 issue, we have some rather remarkable articles. Jerry Hubbell concludes is Focus-On section of the ALPO selected regions craters with a discussion of Tycho and Herodotus. Robert H. Hays Jr. brings a timely and very nice article and drawing of Herodotus. Alberto Anunziato gives us two articles. The first is an article and drawing about Hipparchus C. The second is a fascinating historical research about an event on the Moon seen in 577. This was the first LTP ever listed. Darryl Wilson continues his thermal imaging articles with an article about Thermal Imaging of Tycho. His articles of thermal imaging have stirred up much interest lately. The Gardner Megadome is a very interesting area of the Moon to observe. It is the subject of two in-depth articles by Howard Eskildsen and Raffaello Lena. Rik Hill and David Teske continue their wanderings of a remarkable lunar moonscape with images and articles. Sixteen observers contributed articles to the Recent Topographic Studies Program. Tony Cook as always has contributed an interesting article about Lunar Geologic Change. Thanks again to all who contributed. I hope that you can get out and enjoy some wonderful moon observations.
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David Teske
Acting Coordinator, Lunar Topographic Studies Program
Assn of Lunar & Planetary Observers
January 02, 2020
January 2020 The Lunar Observer available
The January 2020 issue of The Lunar Observer, newsletter of the ALPO Lunar Topographical Studies & Selected Areas Program, and the Lunar Geological Change program is available at https://alpo-astronomy.org/lunarblog/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/tlo-january.pdf. Back issues are also available at http://moon.scopesandscapes.com. In the January 2020 issue of The Lunar Observer, you will find an extensive Focus-On article about craters Plato and Theophilus by Jerry Hubbell. Rik Hill covers some complicated regions of the lunar highlands with his four articles and stunning images. Howard Eskildsen continues his research and imaging of lunar domes near Vitruvius and Cauchy, Kies, Gambart, Capuanus and Lansberg D. David Teske delves into the area near Billy and Flamsteed with a whimsical character. Tony Cook presents another thorough article about lunar change. As always, several observers contributed many sharp images for our recent topographic studies. Tours of the lunar topography are presented in short articles, drawings, and images throughout this issue. Enjoy and have fun observing our nearest neighbor in space.
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David Teske
Acting Coordinator, Lunar Topographic Studies Program
Assn of Lunar & Planetary Observers
December 4, 2019
December 2019 TLO is available
The December 2019 issue of The Lunar Observer, newsletter of the ALPO Lunar Topographical Studies & Selected Areas Program, and the Lunar Geological Change program is available by clicking here. Back issues are also available at http://moon.scopesandscapes.com.
In the December 2019 The Lunar Observer look for some interesting articles about lunar domes, both from the Raffaello Lena, Carmelo Zannelli, Maximilian Teodorescu and Jim Phillips article about lunar domes near the craters Hall and Luther along with several images and articles about domes from Howard Eskildsen. John Sabia takes us on a tour of the Moon with a 9.5-inch Alvin Clark refractor, though Damian Peach’s image of Plato through a 1 m telescope is also quite the view. Sounds like dream telescopes for such a purpose. As always, Tony Cook provides an engaging article about lunar geologic change. Tours of the lunar topography are presented in short articles, drawings, and images throughout this issue. Enjoy and have fun observing our nearest neighbor in space.
David Teske
Acting Coordinator, Lunar Topographic Studies Program
Assn of Lunar & Planetary Observers
November 2, 2019
November 2019 TLO available
The November 2019 issue of The Lunar Observer, newsletter of the ALPO Lunar Topographical Studies & Selected Areas Program, and the Lunar Geological Change program is available by clicking here. Back issues are also available at http://moon.scopesandscapes.com. This issue contains several contributed articles including: Focus-On article about the lunar craters Atlas and Copernicus, thermal imaging of the Moon, domes in the Sinus Iridum region, several short articles about various lunar features, images from several observers and a report from the Lunar Geologic Change Detection Program.
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David Teske
Acting Coordinator, Lunar Topographic Studies Program
Assn of Lunar & Planetary Observers
October 1, 2019
October 2019 TLO available
The October 2019 issue of The Lunar Observer, newsletter of the ALPO Lunar Topographical Studies & Selected Areas Program, and the Lunar Geological Change program is available by clicking here. Back issues are also available at http://moon.scopesandscapes.com. This issue includes several contributed articles including an article comparing an oblique impact crater on the Moon with an oblique impact crater in Argentina, images from several observers and a report from the Lunar Geologic Change Detection Program.
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David Teske
Acting Coordinator, Lunar Topographic Studies Program
Assn of Lunar & Planetary Observers
