Mare Orientale visible at the moment..., ...and spotted and photographed from Kendal this morning |
Mare Orientale visible at the moment..., ...and spotted and photographed from Kendal this morning |
Dec 5 2012, 01:52 PM
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The Poet Dude Group: Moderator Posts: 5551 Joined: 15-March 04 From: Kendal, Cumbria, UK Member No.: 60 |
Managed to spot and photograph Mare Orientale this morning from Kendal... must have been -4 or -5 deg C but worth it
http://cumbriansky.wordpress.com/2012/12/0...ientale-spotted -------------------- |
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Mar 28 2013, 04:46 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 100 Joined: 25-April 08 From: near New York City, NY Member No.: 4103 |
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Apr 2 2013, 02:11 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 166 Joined: 20-September 05 From: North Texas Member No.: 503 |
Stu, I really loved your blog post. This part was especially thought-provoking:
"Wow… imagine that… imagine if the Moon actually looked like that in our sky… how would our religions and faiths have been shaped if the rising Full Moon had looked like a big, bloated, bloodshot eye staring down at us from the heavens…?" |
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Apr 2 2013, 04:33 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 154 Joined: 17-March 05 Member No.: 206 |
"Wow… imagine that… imagine if the Moon actually looked like that in our sky… how would our religions and faiths have been shaped if the rising Full Moon had looked like a big, bloated, bloodshot eye staring down at us from the heavens…?" I agree, that picture of what the moon would look like in our sky if turned around is almost... shocking. Thanks for that great post. |
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Apr 2 2013, 07:05 PM
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Lord Of The Uranian Rings Group: Members Posts: 798 Joined: 18-July 05 From: Plymouth, UK Member No.: 437 |
If the 'Eastern Sea' were visible from Earth, quite a few images in popular culture would have looked rather different over the years . . .
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Apr 2 2013, 08:04 PM
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Solar System Cartographer Group: Members Posts: 10151 Joined: 5-April 05 From: Canada Member No.: 227 |
Without a telescope it would only look like a dot, Mare Crisium-sized, not very dramatic.
But not to worry - the ancient Egyptian symbol of the eye of Horus was thought of as being visible on the Moon - Mare Imbrium was the eye, surrounded by a lighter circle (from Gruithuisen to Plato, the Alps, Apennines, then the bright ejecta of Copernicus, Kepler and Aristarchus), and another dark ring (Frigoris, serenitatis, etc, back to Procellarum). The traditional Eye of Horus had a dark shading towards where the falcon's beak would be - it's Mare Nubium - and a ragged or feathery extension facing away from that - the eastern maria. Many depictions are stylized, but some are detailed enough to see the pattern properly. The mythology associated with Horus makes the lunar connection very clear. So a major religion was partly shaped by the notion of the Moon being the eye of a god. But they didn't build their own rockets to go look at it. Phil -------------------- ... because the Solar System ain't gonna map itself.
Also to be found posting similar content on https://mastodon.social/@PhilStooke Maps for download (free PD: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/comm...Cartography.pdf NOTE: everything created by me which I post on UMSF is considered to be in the public domain (NOT CC, public domain) |
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Apr 2 2013, 09:57 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1582 Joined: 14-October 05 From: Vermont Member No.: 530 |
So a major religion was partly shaped by the notion of the Moon being the eye of a god. But they didn't build their own rockets to go look at it. Well, that's no fun. I thought Optimus Prime was up there dancing 'round a monolith because the Egyptians sent them there through a stargate or something along those lines. |
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Jul 7 2020, 02:52 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 100 Joined: 25-April 08 From: near New York City, NY Member No.: 4103 |
Coming up on another good opportunity for viewing Mare Orientale.
https://bkellysky.wordpress.com/2020/04/29/...ap-of-our-moon/ http://packerlighting.com/Lunar_Articles/M...cle%205of6.html |
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Jul 7 2020, 06:23 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 699 Joined: 3-December 04 From: Boulder, Colorado, USA Member No.: 117 |
Thanks for the link to the original 1962 Hartmann and Kuiper paper! It's amazing what they accomplished with the earth-based photography. Here's a screengrab from that paper- they pretty much had Orientale figured out. When I was a graduate student at the Lunar and Planetary Lab in the 1980s they still had the projection tunnel in the basement that Hartmann had used for these projections.
John |
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Sep 23 2021, 08:52 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 100 Joined: 25-April 08 From: near New York City, NY Member No.: 4103 |
A favorable tilt of the Moon toward Earth to see the edges of Mare Orientale is going to occur October 2nd and 3rd, and November 1st. The Moon will be a thin crescent, which I have found difficult to photograph with detail.
Links via my old blog post on the subject: https://bkellysky.wordpress.com/2020/04/29/...ap-of-our-moon/ Also, re Phil's post on the subject of seeing the 'eye' if it was pointed toward Earth: "Without a telescope it would only look like a dot, Mare Crisium-sized, not very dramatic." I wonder if, pre-telescope days, people with very acute eyesight might see more detail. It might have started a controversy akin to the 'canals on Mars' debate, except the 'eye' would be really visible to some viewers and discounted by others with lesser vision (or lesser imagination?). bob |
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Sep 24 2021, 05:41 PM
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Solar System Cartographer Group: Members Posts: 10151 Joined: 5-April 05 From: Canada Member No.: 227 |
Good point. I was thinking only of the albedo markings, but actually as the terminator passed over the basin I think it is quite possible hat the circular arrangement of major scarps and mountain rings might be glimpsed.
Phil -------------------- ... because the Solar System ain't gonna map itself.
Also to be found posting similar content on https://mastodon.social/@PhilStooke Maps for download (free PD: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/comm...Cartography.pdf NOTE: everything created by me which I post on UMSF is considered to be in the public domain (NOT CC, public domain) |
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