{"product_id":"9781493901678","title":"The Hatfield Lunar Atlas: Digitally Re-Mastered Edition","description":"\u003ch1\u003eThe Hatfield Lunar Atlas: Digitally Re-Mastered Edition\u003c\/h1\u003e \u003ch2\u003eCook, Anthony\u003c\/h2\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"The Hatfield Lunar Atlas\" has become an amateur lunar observer's bible since it was first published in 1968. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA major update of the atlas was made in 1998, using the same wonderful photographs that Commander Henry Hatfield made with his purpose-built 12-inch (300 mm) telescope, but bringing the lunar nomenclature up to date and changing the units from Imperial to S.I. metric \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis edition is important since the fact is that modern telescope optics, digital imaging equipment and computer enhancement can easily surpass what was achieved with Henry Hatfield's 12-inch telescope and a film camera. This limits the usefulness of the original atlas to visual observing or imaging rather small amateur telescopes. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe new, digitally re-mastered edition vastly improves the clarity and definition of the original photographs - significantly beyond the resolution limits of the photographic grains present in earlier atlas versions - while preserving the layout and style of the original publications. This has been achieved by merging computer-visualized Earth-based views of the lunar surface, derived from NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter data, with scanned copies of Commander Hatfield's photographic plates, using the author's own software. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe results is a \"The Hatfield Lunar Atlas\" for 21st century amateur telescopes up to and beyond 12-inch aperture.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublished by: Springer\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublication Date: 2015-01-28\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFormat: Paperback\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN-13: 9781493901678\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDOI: 10.1007\/978-1-4614-5499-1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDimensions: 279cm x210cm\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePages: 190\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Springer New York","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47675002421388,"sku":"9781493901678","price":58.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9781493901678.jpg?v=1776539511","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9781493901678","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}