5/29/2023 0 Comments Meade virtual moon atlas![]() ![]() THE CONCEPTION AND INTEGRATION OF THE "LUN / Lunar Universal Number" ©īecause of the presence of formations without an official IAU name in the VMA global database, Christian Legrand has conceived the "LUN / Lunar Universal Number" © that permits to localise in an unique way every lunar formation more than 10 m large. With this addition, VMA contains now more than 60 000 formations references. Thanks to them for their permission to use their work in VMA. The fifth VMA database presents 52 000 anonyms craters compiled by G. We have also revised the VMA databases to incorporate this new IAU lunar nomenclature and to correct an important number of initial mistakes. Jennifer Blue and her team have revised the IAU lunar nomenclature with the LRO datas. THE INTEGRATION OF NEW INTERNATIONAL ASTRONOMICAL UNION NOMENCLATURE Chang'e Nighttime surface temperature (Surface temperature during lunar night time according to Chang'e 1 datas) Chang'e Daytime surface temperature (Surface temperature during lunar day time according to Chang'e 1 datas) LRO Silicates (Surface silicates amount according to Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter datas) LRO Surface slope and roughness (Surface slope & roughness according to Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter datas) LRO Surface roughness (Surface roughness according to Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter datas) Hevelius / 1647 (Version : N & B & color) These maps, sure, only show the visible face and the formations positions are sometimes far from the actual one. You can know compare these pioneering works with today datas. We have formatted for VMA the best digitized versions of old lunar maps in the public domain. We have built a new texture comparable to the LOPAM texture yet available, but with an almost vertical lighting. This texure is linked to the new IAU lunar nomeclature.Ĭhines authorities have released on 2012 february a global lunar map with a 60 m resolution per pixel. We are waiting a new more precise release in the following monthes. We propose you a new texture corresponding to the best released datas of Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter probe. THE NEW "LRO / Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter" HIGH RESOLUTION TEXTURE : New altazimutal and "Dobson" telescopes dedicated lunar globe orientation New CCD cameras field visualization on the map Upgrade of the terminator dynamic shadows with LRO datas So, if your computer has a WiFi access during your observing sessions, you will be able to consult these sites directly from VMA while observing. The new "WEBLUN" © module manages a quick access to these sites. We have realized a new special database about the main Web sites dedicated to Moon exploration and lunar surveys. We will now present you all the news of this version that spread us in the new 10 years coming :īecause of the increasing number of modules in VMA Pro version, VMA is launched now from a "Command Center" that gives you a direct access to each module and to the associated documentations. We hope that all this new work will make your lunar observing sessions still more interesting.Īnd we can't not forget to dedicate this new version to Neil Armstrong whose "small step and giant leap" have conducted many of us to become amateur astronomers and specially lunar observers. We have also update and increase the databases. It's now done and we also fill this gap period in our production to add new modules and functionalities. Since December 2009, release date of the Pro version 5, we were waiting the datas sent by the recent lunar probes US LRO and chinese Chang'e 2 so that we could format them for use in VMA. Today, for its 10th anniversary, we are happy to present you the new Pro 6 version, the most complete computerized lunar atlas. In 2002 we published the first version of the VMA. We are happy to announce you that we have just released the new Virtual Moon Atlas "10th anniversary / Pro 6" version ! ![]()
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