... Drawing by Deirdre Kellegnan, featured as " Lunar Photo of the Day " . I would have liked to do a pastel drawing of the Solstice Crescent Moon but it was too cold. ... Seeing was not so good, Earthshine was just visible but no details stood out in the dark body of the Solstice Moon as one would expect. " said the artist. Thank you Deirdre for sharing this wonderful drawing with us! ... Wednesday, 23 December 2009 12:14 . International Year of Astronomy, Ireland National Node . ...

... R2654 Date Received: 2011-Jun-01 09:14:16 Technical Page Proposal Type: General Category: Sub-Category: Observation Category: Total Time Requested: Minimum Useful Time: Prop osal Title: ABSTRACT: Regular Planetary Radar Radar Solar System 24 Hours 3.5 hours Arecibo-GBT 70-cm Targeted Lunar Radar Mapping We request 24 hours of Arecibo-GBT time to acquire targeted 70-cm wavelength, dual-polarization radar backscatter maps of the Moon. ...

Astronotes Armagh Planetarium's Stellar Blog! ... Moon . ... Apollo 17?s CSM, named America, seen over the Moon?s cratered surface. ... Image credit: NASA) . ... Harrison Schmitt with our homeworld (Image credit: Eugene Cernan/NASA) . ... In this still from a video recording Schmitt is holding a rake used to collect small pebbles (Image credit: NASA) . ... The Earth was lower in the lunar sky over the Apollo 17 landing site than on other missions so it appears in more images. (image credit: NASA) . ...

... Tonight's Sky . ... Lunar scientists shed light on Moonт??s impact history . ... The team re-studied those ancient surfaces and measured the sizes of the impact craters using new data obtained from the Lunar Orbiter Laser Altimeter, an instrument on NASAт??s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) currently orbiting around the Moon . т??This is an exciting time for lunar research with LRO and other spacecraft providing so much new data,т?? said Simone Marchi from NLSI. т??Collaborating with ...

... Ciel Espace, le magazine qui vous guide toujours plus loin . ... des actualit†йs . des reportages . ... des pages consacr†йes †а la publication de vos photos Mais c'est aussi une vraie communaut†й avec laquelle partager votre passion et nourrir votre curiosit†й. Accueil Cap sur le Golfe des Iris ! ... On ne conna†оt pas encore le lieu exact qui est vis†й mais bien des pronostics vont sur les abords du crat†иre Laplace A, qui se trouve entre les deux caps du golfe des Iris : Laplace et Heraclides. ...