1940

Mottoni’s albedo synthesis maps of Mars

Mottoni’s albedo synthesis maps of Mars

De Mottoni Y Palacios, G. (1975). The appearance of Mars from 1907 to 1971: Graphic synthesis of photographs from the I.A.U. center at Meudon. Icarus, 25(2), 296–332   Note: we display these maps north-up.
Kulin’s Map of the Moon

Kulin’s Map of the Moon

  Nomenclature: latin In: Kulin György: A távcső világa. Királyi Magyar Természettudományi Társulat (Budapest), 1941 Supplement to the 1941 edition. Not included in later editions. Title: Map of the Moon, “after Braun” (?) With index of names. Kulin-Zerinváry, A távcső világa, 1958 edition. Without index. Notes on the possibility on life on the Moon, page […]

Pic du Midi drawings and map of Mercury

Upper row: 1942, Lyot – 25 drawings, 36 inch refractor, 300-500x magnification. Lower row: 1950, A Dollfus, 60-inch refractor, 750-900x magnification Lyot and Camichel, 1942:  Map from 12 composites. 23 markings were measured. Source: A. Dollfus: Visual and photographic studies off planets at the Pic du Midi. In: Planets and Satellites, GP Kuiper and B […]
“Face of Mars” map (1943)

“Face of Mars” map (1943)

Interpretive map of Mars showing canals and albedo markings. Source: McLoughlin E.V., Thompson H. 1943. The Book of Knowledge: The Children’s Encyclopedia. Volume 9. p. 3291-2 Note: This series was published from the 1910s to the 1964 in the USA. This page is from the 1943 edition.  This map appeared in several editions. Based on maps […]
Wilkins’ maps of the Moon

Wilkins’ maps of the Moon

Photo: LPOD Sep15 2008. Cartographer: H Percy Wilkins, “the last traditional selenographer” Editions: Early edition with hand lettering, later editions with sans serif and grid. South-up orientation. Orthographic projection. 60 inch map: 1924 200 inch map: 1930 300 inch map of the Moon First edition, 1946.  Third edition, 1951, revisions in 1952, 1954. 25 map sheets, Scale 21.6 miles […]
Lyot’s Maps of the Galilean Satellites and Titan (1941/61)

Lyot’s Maps of the Galilean Satellites and Titan (1941/61)

Albedo maps of the Galilean satellites. Lyot examined these satellites with the 38 cm refractor in 1941, later with the 60-cm telescope. Markings confirmed by Camichel and Gentili. Source: A. Dollfus: Visual and photographic studies off planets at the Pic du Midi. In: Planets and Satellites, GP Kuiper and B Middlehurst, eds. Chicago Univ Press […]
1941-43 Pic du Midi observations

1941-43 Pic du Midi observations

Source: Rudaux, L. et al 1962; Larousse Encyclopaedia Of Astronomy; London Courtesy Ton Lindemann