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Price Realised GBP 1,875
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GBP 3,000 - GBP 5,000
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Moonscapes [Large Formats]: eastern Sea of Clouds; Craters Lansberg and Reinhold; Crater Letronne; Highland Peninsula; Mons Rümker, May 1967
Lunar Orbiter IV
Price Realised GBP 1,875
Price Realised GBP 1,875
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169 a
The objective of Lunar Orbiter IV was to provide an expanded photographic survey of the lunar surface, offering far higher resolution imagery than was available from ground based telescopes. Launched on May 4, 1967, Lunar Orbiter IV completed 30 successive orbits and took 199 exposures which covered 99% of the lunar surface.
The Lunar Orbiter IV spacecraft took this high resolution photograph from an altitude of 2,718 km with the 610mm telephoto lens. Latitude 14.64° S, longitude 9.51°W. The area is located west of the large craters Ptolemaus, Alphonsus and Arzachel. The 34-km Crater Davy (top right), named after British physicist Humphry Davy, and the 23-km Crater Lassell (center right), named after British astronomer William Lassell, are well visible.
169 b
The Lunar Orbiter IV spacecraft took this high resolution photograph from an altitude of 2,677 km with the 610mm telephoto lens. Lansberg (bottom left) and Reinhold (top right) are each about 40km in diameter and 3 km deep. Latitude 1.5° S, longitude 24.5° W.
The future landing site of Apollo 12 and Surveyor III is located at the bottom center of the image in the Ocean of Storms which joins the Sea of Islands to the southwest.
169 c
This high resolution photograph (partial view of frame IV-158H2) was taken with the 610mm telephoto lens from an altitude of 2719 km. Latitude 12.5° S, longitude 41.5° W.
The 120-km Crater Letronne (top center) is a lava-flooded remnant of a lunar impact crater, named after French archaeologist Jean-Antoine Letronne. The northern part of the rim is completely missing, and opens into the Sea of Rains, forming a bay along the southwestern shore. The formation is located to the northwest of the large crater Gassendi. The 32-km Crater Gassendi A is visible at the bottom right.
169 d
This high resolution photograph (near full view of frame IV-158H2) was taken with the 610mm telephoto lens from an altitude of 2865 km. Latitude 41.99° N, longitude 47.6°W.
The Mare surface of the northern Ocean of Storms is at the left of the photograph with the Rima Sharp I clearly visible at the top. To the east (right) is the highland peninsula separating the Ocean of Storms from the Sea of Rains to the east. The 40-km Crater Mairan is at center right with the 40-km Crater Sharp partially visible at top right.
169 e
This high resolution photograph (near full view of frame IV-183H2) was taken with the 610mm telephoto lens from an altitude of 2870 km. Latitude 41.77° N, longitude 59.60° W.
Mons Rümker (right center) is an isolated volcanic formation that is located in the northwest part of the Moon’s near side, named after German astronomer Carl Rümker. The feature forms a large, elevated mound in the northern part of the Ocean of Storms. The mound has a diameter of 70 km, and climbs to a maximum elevation of about 1,100 m above the surrounding plain.
The objective of Lunar Orbiter IV was to provide an expanded photographic survey of the lunar surface, offering far higher resolution imagery than was available from ground based telescopes. Launched on May 4, 1967, Lunar Orbiter IV completed 30 successive orbits and took 199 exposures which covered 99% of the lunar surface.
The Lunar Orbiter IV spacecraft took this high resolution photograph from an altitude of 2,718 km with the 610mm telephoto lens. Latitude 14.64° S, longitude 9.51°W. The area is located west of the large craters Ptolemaus, Alphonsus and Arzachel. The 34-km Crater Davy (top right), named after British physicist Humphry Davy, and the 23-km Crater Lassell (center right), named after British astronomer William Lassell, are well visible.
169 b
The Lunar Orbiter IV spacecraft took this high resolution photograph from an altitude of 2,677 km with the 610mm telephoto lens. Lansberg (bottom left) and Reinhold (top right) are each about 40km in diameter and 3 km deep. Latitude 1.5° S, longitude 24.5° W.
The future landing site of Apollo 12 and Surveyor III is located at the bottom center of the image in the Ocean of Storms which joins the Sea of Islands to the southwest.
169 c
This high resolution photograph (partial view of frame IV-158H2) was taken with the 610mm telephoto lens from an altitude of 2719 km. Latitude 12.5° S, longitude 41.5° W.
The 120-km Crater Letronne (top center) is a lava-flooded remnant of a lunar impact crater, named after French archaeologist Jean-Antoine Letronne. The northern part of the rim is completely missing, and opens into the Sea of Rains, forming a bay along the southwestern shore. The formation is located to the northwest of the large crater Gassendi. The 32-km Crater Gassendi A is visible at the bottom right.
169 d
This high resolution photograph (near full view of frame IV-158H2) was taken with the 610mm telephoto lens from an altitude of 2865 km. Latitude 41.99° N, longitude 47.6°W.
The Mare surface of the northern Ocean of Storms is at the left of the photograph with the Rima Sharp I clearly visible at the top. To the east (right) is the highland peninsula separating the Ocean of Storms from the Sea of Rains to the east. The 40-km Crater Mairan is at center right with the 40-km Crater Sharp partially visible at top right.
169 e
This high resolution photograph (near full view of frame IV-183H2) was taken with the 610mm telephoto lens from an altitude of 2870 km. Latitude 41.77° N, longitude 59.60° W.
Mons Rümker (right center) is an isolated volcanic formation that is located in the northwest part of the Moon’s near side, named after German astronomer Carl Rümker. The feature forms a large, elevated mound in the northern part of the Ocean of Storms. The mound has a diameter of 70 km, and climbs to a maximum elevation of about 1,100 m above the surrounding plain.
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Lunar Orbiter IV
Moonscapes [Large Formats]: eastern Sea of Clouds; Craters Lansberg and Reinhold; Crater Letronne; Highland Peninsula; Mons Rümker, May 1967
Estimate: GBP 3,000 - 5,000
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