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Studying “Luna Incognita”: The Region Near the South Pole

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

Michel Legrand
Michel Legrand*
Affiliation:
1 rue de la Fontaine, F-35134 Coesmes, France

Abstract

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A region of approximately 270 000 km2 near the south pole of the Moon has not been mapped by spacecraft and Dr John Westfall of ALPO proposed the “Luna Incognita” programme in 1972 to try to cover this area. A brief summary of the problems of observing this limb region was given, together with the author’s experience using the T60 and 1-m telescopes at Pic du Midi.

Type
Part III Observations and Results
Information
International Astronomical Union Colloquium , Volume 98: Stargazers: The Contribution of Amateurs to Astronomy , 1988 , pp. 146
Copyright
Copyright © Springer-Verlag 1988

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