British astronomers capture world's largest ground-based mosaic image of the Moon

re: British astronomers capture world's largest ground-based mosaic image of the Moon

Jaicoa2 — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 16:38:52 GMT

Very impressive project, Another project IYA Malta Node (International) of the moon consist of 40 countries being assigned a section of the full moon, to celebrate the 40 yrs of mans landing and 400yrs of Galileo, another great project.

At: http://iya2009malta.page.tl/The-moon-for-all-mankind.htm

re: British astronomers capture world's largest ground-based mosaic image of the Moon

Antitax — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 15:40:57 GMT

To check the Moon image resolution, I looked at Rima Hyginus. I counted 14 little craters besides crater Hyginus itself, the largest in the chain. That's very impressive. More, the aesthetics of the picture are great; it looks like the best vintage silver halide black and white productions.