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ALPO monographs are publications that we believe
will appeal to our members, but which are usually
too lengthy for publication in The Strolling
Astronomer. Included are proceedings (compilations of papers and
presentations) from various ALPO conventions
(conferences) plus scientific papers and even the
Moon maps by Wilkins and Schmidt
ALPO monographs are available online ONLY as a
pdf files. NONE are available any longer in hard
copy format. There is NO CHARGE for any of the ALPO
monographs.
Note that ALL of these pdf files require the free
utility Adobe Reader available at
https://adobe.com or
click the "Adobe Reader" button at left.
There are two ways to access these documents:
- Left-click on the file name below the image
to simply open the file and read it online.
- Right-click on the file name, then save the
file directly to the folder of your choice on
your own terminal.
In both cases, the documents will open in Adobe
Reader on your terminal.
Monograph Number 1. "Proceedings of
the 43rd Convention of the Association of Lunar &
Planetary Observers. Las Cruces, New Mexico, August
4-7, 1993." 77 pages. File size approx. 5.2
megabytes.
Monograph Number 2. "Proceedings of
the 44th Convention of the Association of Lunar &
Planetary Observers. Greenville, South Carolina,
June 15-18, 1994." 52 pages. File size
approx. 6.0 megabytes.
Monograph Number 3.
"H.P. Wilkins 300-inch Moon Map." 3rd Edition
(1951), reduced to 50 inches diameter; 25 sections,
4 special charts; also 14 selected areas at 219
inches to the lunar diameter. If printed out at
100-percent scale, the main map will be at a scale
of 35.7 inches to the Moon’s diameter (1:3,832,000),
while the scale of the 14 regional charts will be at
156 inches to the lunar diameter (1:875,000).
NOTE: Due to the
large file sizes for the Wilkins Moon map pdf's, you
have the option of choosing:
The entire
monograph (ALPO Monograph 3 - Original.pdf,
approx. 48 megabytes) or in section files:
ALPO Monograph 3 -
Part 1.pdf, 11.6 megabytes
ALPO Monograph 3 - Part 2.pdf,
11.7 megabytes
ALPO Monograph 3 - Part 3.pdf, 10.2 megabytes
ALPO Monograph 3 - Part 4.pdf, 7.8 megabytes
ALPO
Monograph 3 - Part 5.pdf, 6.5 megabytes
Monograph Number 4. "Proceedings of
the 45th Convention of the Association of Lunar &
Planetary Observers. Wichita, Kansas, August 1-5,
1995." 127 pages. File size approx. 5.8
megabytes.
Monograph Number 5. "Astronomical
and Physical Observations of the Axis of Rotation
and the Topography of the Planet Mars. First Memoir;
1877-1878" by Giovanni Virginio Schiaparelli,
translated by William Sheehan. 59 pages. File size
approx. 6.0 megabytes.
Monograph Number 6. "Proceedings of
the 47th Convention of the Association of Lunar &
Planetary Observers, Tucson, Arizona, October 19-21,
1996." 20 pages. File size approx. 2.6 megabytes.
Monograph Number 7. "Proceedings of
the 48th Convention of the Association of Lunar &
Planetary Observers. Las Cruces, New Mexico, June
25-29, 1997." 76 pages. File size approx. 10.6
megabytes.
Monograph Number 8. "Proceedings of
the 49th Convention of the Association of Lunar &
Planetary Observers, Atlanta, Georgia, July
9-11,1998." 122 pages. File size approx. 7.4
megabytes.
Monograph Number 9. "Does Anything
Ever Happen on the Moon?" by Walter H. Haas. Reprint
of 1942 article. 54 pages. File size approx. 6.5
megabytes.
Monograph Number 10. "Observing and
Understanding Uranus, Neptune and Pluto" by Richard
W. Schmude, Jr. 31 pages. File size approx. 2.6
megabytes.
Monograph Number 11.
"The Charte des Gebirge des Mondes" (Chart of
the Mountains of the Moon) by J. F. Julius Schmidt,
this monograph edited by John Westfall. Published in
1878, it was the most detailed lunar map of its
time. It represents a continuation of the German
school of lunar mapping, following the charts of
Lohrmann (1824, 1878) and of Beer and Mädler
(1834-36). This monograph includes nine files,
including an accompanying guidebook in German.
An in-depth write-up can be found online at
http://www.lpod.org/?page_id=1358
NOTE: The file
names designate the various maps included within the
files; thus Schmidt0001.pdf includes section 1, Schmidt
0204.pdf includes sections 2 through 4, etc.
ALPO Monograph 11 - Schmidt0001.pdf, approx. 20.1
megabytes
ALPO Monograph 11 - Schmidt0204.pdf, approx. 32.6
megabytes
ALPO Monograph 11 - Schmidt0507.pdf, approx. 32.1
megabytes
ALPO Monograph 11 - Schmidt0810.pdf, approx. 31.1
megabytes
ALPO Monograph 11 - Schmidt1113.pdf, approx. 22.7
megabytes
ALPO Monograph 11 - Schmidt1416.pdf, approx. 28.2
megabytes
ALPO Monograph 11 - Schmidt1719.pdf, approx. 22.2
megabytes
ALPO Monograph 11 - Schmidt2022.pdf, approx. 21.1
megabytes
ALPO Monograph 11 - Schmidt2325.pdf, approx. 22.9
megabytes
ALPO Monograph 11 - SchmidtGuide.pdf, approx. 10.2
megabytes
(This page last updated
June 13, 2009)
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