World Exclusive Close Moon Filmed from Earth on Ma

[thefallguy]

Moon filmed through 12" Telescope 2009 in the UK during Moon Week March - April 2009 by John L Walson. PLEASE WATCH IN HIGH QUALITY. Re edit and audio by Gridkeeper on the 1st April 2009. The moon filmed from earth through a 12" telescope. Most of the images show more detail than many of the Apollo pictures and film. Says HD but is not true HD. Original film is at a much higher quality. Footage in the video was recorded on the 29th of March and early morning on April the 1st which is why there are TWO dates shown in the video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VI3us5pXsQg&fmt=22

[microverses]

that's cool, thanks for sharing.

[thefallguy]

You're welcome.
Moon Week March 27th - April 5th 2009. International Year of Astronomy Part 1 of 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3taph4hRGGk

Moon Week part 2 of 2 2009 International Year of Astronomy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4enN88SNPw

Moon filmed In Infrared - Area Near Clavius - Moon Week 2009
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJeDsYXXM2Q

Lunar Ray Crater Copernicus filmed from Earth for Moon Week 2009
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MvVfmAhoZSk Lunar Ray Crater Copernicus filmed froom Earth for Moon Week 2009 using a 12" Meade telescope by JLW. Watch in high quality, says HD but is not true HD and as you can see this quality conversion is ok bnut could be alot better.

Wiki - Copernicus is visible using binoculars, and is located slightly northwest of the center of the Moon's Earth-facing hemisphere. South of the crater is the Mare Insularum, and to the south-south west is the crater Reinhold. North of Copernicus are the Montes Carpatus, which lie at the south edge of Mare Imbrium. West of Copernicus is a group of dispersed lunar hills. Due to its relative youth, the crater has remained in a relatively pristine shape since it formed.

The circular rim has a discernible hexagonal form, with a terraced inner wall and a 30 km wide, sloping rampart that descends nearly a kilometer to the surrounding mare. There are three distinct terraces visible, and arc-shaped landslides due to slumping of the inner wall as the crater debris subsided.

Most likely due to its recent formation, the crater floor has not been flooded by lava. The terrain along the bottom is hilly in the southern half while the north is relatively smooth. The central peaks consist of three isolated mountainous rises climbing as high as 1.2 km above the floor. These peaks are separated from each other by valleys, and they form a rough line along an east-west axis. Infrared observations of these peaks during the 1980s determined that they were primarily composed of the mafic form of olivine.


"Picture of the Century" oblique view of the interior of Copernicus from Lunar Orbiter 2. NASA photo.Based on high-resolution images from Lunar Orbiter 5, Terry W. Offield of the U.S. Geological Survey described the crater as having,

...a hummocky crater rim, numerous large slump blocks on the crater wall, and a complex of central peaks. Sets of parallel fractures, aligned with the lunar structure grid, formed after the crater wall took its present form, but before the smoothest floor materials were emplaced. The smooth floor materials show a swirling pattern of cracks like those seen on terrestrial lava flows. These materials are associated with numerous hills that have summit craters and are probably small volcanoes. Several low places on the rim and wall are partly filled by what appears to be ponded volcanic material, or possibly fluidized impact debris.
Copernicus is a prominent lunar impact crater located in eastern Oceanus Procellarum. It is estimated to be about 800 million years old, and typifies craters that formed during the Copernican period in that it has a prominent ray system

[talulah]

Thankyou for that,very intresting.Its great in HD.

[thefallguy]

Thanks, this is the best one yet.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZaV-1j3ChLA