LOS OBSERVADORES LUNARES DE LA SOCIEDAD LUNAR ARGENTINA EN “THE LUNAR OBSERVER” DE FEBRERO 2022

 

En agosto 2015 se inició el desembarco latinoamericano en la revista especializada en observación lunar más importante, The Lunar Observer, este mes cumplimos 79 meses seguidos de observaciones reportadas.

La revista se puede descargar de la web de ALPO: 

http://www.alpo-astronomy.org/gallery3/var/albums/Lunar/The-Lunar-Observer/2022/tlo202202.pdf?m=1643677897

En la portada se referencian los artículos de miembros de la SLA aparecidos en este número (ya publicados en entradas anteriores):

February 2022

In This Issue Observations Received 2 By the Numbers 3 Purbach Interior Details, R. H. Hays, Jr. 4 Southern Tip of the Apennines, R. Hill 5 Investigating Domes in Arago Region and Mare Spumans, R. Lena 6 Dorsa Argand and Dorsum Bucher Near the Terminator, A. Anunziato 12 Picard and Southwest Mare Crisium, R. H. Hays, Jr. 13 The Eastern Part of Mare Humorum, F. A. Cardinalli and A. Anunziato 14 Arzachel Sunrise, R. Hill 17 Recent Topographic Studies 18 Lunar Geologic Change Detection Program, T. Cook 40 Lunar Calendar January 2022 47 An Invitation to Join ALPO 47 Submission Through the ALPO Image Achieve 48 When Submitting Observations to the ALPO Lunar Section 49 Call For Observations Focus-On 49 Focus-On Announcement Stevinus and Snellius 50 Focus-On Announcement Mare Frigoris 51 Key to Images in this Issue 52

Y en la página 2  las observaciones recibidas:

Observations Received

Name Location and Organization Image/Article Alberto Anunziato Paraná, Argentina Article and drawing Dorsa Argand and Dorsum Bucher Near the Terminator and The Eastern Part of Mare Humorum. Luis Francisco Alsina Cardinalli Oro Verde, Argentina Article and images The Eastern Part of Mare Humorum. Jairo Chavez Popayán, Colombia Images of Fracastorius, Plato, Tycho, Full Moon, 30% Waxing Crescent Moon, 40% Waxing Crescent Moon, First Quarter Moon and 92% Waxing Gibbous Moon. Maurice Collins Palmerston North, New Zealand Image of the 5.6 day old Moon, Theophilus and Lacus Mortis. Jef De Wit Hove, Belgium Drawing of the naked eye Full Moon. Walter Ricardo Elias AEA, Oro Verde, Argentina Images of the Waxing Crescent Moon, Petavius, Lunar South Pole, Mare Crisium, Ross D and Theophilus. Robert H. Hays, Jr. Worth, Illinois, USA Articles and drawings Purbach Interior Detail and Picard and Southwest Mare Crisium. Rik Hill Loudon Observatory, Tucson, Arizona, USA Article and image Southern tip of the Apennines and Arzachel Sunrise. Raffaello Lena Rome, Italy Article Investigating Lunar Domes In Arago Region and In Mare Spumans. Rafael Benavides Palencia Cordoba, Spain Images of Rupes Recta, Montes Apenninus and Eratosthenes, Archimedes, Autolycus, Aristillus, Rima Hyginus and Rimae Triesnecker and Promontorium Fresnel, Dawn in Archimedes, Autolycus and Aristillus. Jesús Piñeiro San Antonio de los Altos, Venezuela Images of Messier, Rima Ariadaeus, Atlas, Clavius, Alphonsus, Archimedes, Eudoxus and Vallis Alpes. Raúl Roberto Podestá Formosa, Argentina Images of Alphonsus (2), Archimedes and Waxing Gibbous Moon. Guido Santacana San Juan, Puerto Rico, USA Images of Copernicus, Northern Mare Imbrium, Mare Humorum and Schiller. Victor Velez La Plata, Argentina Images of Copernicus, Montes Apenninus and Tycho.

  Y además de las imágenes ya publicadas en entradas anteriores, se eligieron las siguientes para ilustrar la Sección:

Jesús Piñeiro (San Antonio de los Altos,Venezuela): Rima Ariadaeus, Messier, Alphonsus, Vallis Alpis, Atlas, Clavius, Eudoxus,

Jairo Chavez (Popayán, Colombia): Fracastorius, Plato, Tycho, Luna creciente, Luna gibosa creciente, Luna llena, Luna al 50%, Luna al 40%

Víctor Velez (La Plata, Argentina): Tycho, Montes Apenninus, Copernicus

Raúl Podestá (Formosa, Argentina): Alphonsus, Archimedes, Luna creciente

 

En la Sección “Lunar Geological Change Detection Program” (páginas 40 y siguientes), se reportan nuestras observaciones:

 

Routine Reports received for December included: Jay Albert (Lake Worth, FL, USA - ALPO) observed: Aristarchus, Cassini, Eudoxus, and several features. Alberto Anunziato (Argentina – SLA) observed: Aristarchus, Prinz and Proclus. Massimo Alessandro Bianchi (Italy – UAI) imaged: Eudoxus, Mersenius C and Tycho. Anthony Cook (Mundesley, UK – ALPO/BAA) imaged several features. Walter Elias (Argentina – AEA) imaged: Aristarchus, Atlas, Hecataeus, Mare Crisium, Mare Humorum, Plinius, and Theophilus. Valerio Fontani (Italy – UAI) imaged: Eratosthenes, Sinus Iridum, and the Full Moon. Les Fry (West Wales – NAS) imaged: Bailly, Copernicus, Grimaldi, Inghirami, Lacus Aestatis, Mairan, Mare Smythii, Pythagoras, Vieta and Yakovkin. Rik Hill (Tucson, AZ, USA – ALPO/BAA) imaged: Mare Crisium, Arzachel, and Montes Apenninus. Jesús Piñeiro V. (Venezuela – SLA) imaged: Alphonsus, Archimedes, Atlas, Clavius, Eudoxus, Messier, Rima Ariadeus, and Vallis Alpes. Trevor Smith (Codnor, UK – BAA) observed: Aristarchus, Censorinus, Linne, Menelaus, Plato, Ross D, and several features. Franco Taccogna (Italy – UAI) imaged: the Full Moon. Aldo Tonon (UAI) imaged: Eudoxus and the Full Moon. Luigi Zanatta (Italy – UAI) imaged Eudoxus

 

Una observación visual de Proclus por Alberto Anunziato ayudó a analizar yun reporte de FLT de 1989 y una imagen de Tycho de Jesús Piñeiro contribuyó al análisis de un reporte de FLT de 2003.