Moon

Dopplemeyer’s double Map of the Moon

Dopplemeyer’s double Map of the Moon

Publication Date: 1707?/1730/42? Based on: the map of the Moon by Hevelius and Riccioli (slightly changed nomenclature) Place of Publishing: Nurenberge Language of nomenclature: Latin Author: Doppelmayr, Johann Gabriel, 1742, Atlas Coelestis. Published in Plate 11 of “Atlas coelestis in quo mundus spectabilis et in eodem stellarum omnium phoenomena notabilia… secundum Nic. Copernici et ex parte Tychonis […]

Divini’s drawing of the Moon (1665-72)

Divini’s drawing of the Moon (1665-72)

1665 1672 Soure: Kircher, A. 1665; Mundus subterraneus, quo universae denique naturae divitiae, Amsterodami (Amsterdam) Image  courtesy of Ton Lindemann.

Dicquemare’s Maps of the Moon (1771)

Dicquemare’s Maps of the Moon (1771)

Numbered map Dicquemare, M. 1771; La connoissance de l’astronomie – rendue aisée & mise ŕ la portée de tout le monde; Paris Image  courtesy of Ton Lindemann.

Chinese poster of the Moon

Chinese poster of the Moon

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Far side of the Moon (Chinese, 2007)

Far side of the Moon (Chinese, 2007)

Original title: 月球背面 Language of nomenclature: Chinese Publication date: 2007 Cartographer: 马丽 (Ma Li) Source: 人民网科技 (People’s net science and technology)

Chinese Chang’E-1 Globe of the Moon

Chinese Chang’E-1 Globe of the Moon

Plastic Diameter: 20 cm, 32 cm, 106 cm Scale: 1:17,000,000 Dual colored shaded relief globe with albedo markings. Published by Chian (Beijing) Boom Cartographic Products Co Ltd Made by: National Astronomical Observatories, Suveying and Mapping Press Consultants: Ouyang Ziyuan, Yan Jun, Liu Xiaoqun. Chief editor: Li Chunlai Deputy chief editors: Liu Jianjun, Mu Lingli Translators: […]

Chang’e-1 map of the Moon

Chang’e-1 map of the Moon

Language of nomenclature: Chinese “BEIJING, Nov. 12 2008 (Xinhua) — Chinese scientists revealed the country’s first full map of the moon’s surface on Wednesday, more than a year after the launch of its first lunar probe, Chang’e-1. The picture of the moon surface, unveiled on Wednesday, covered the complete range of areas on the moon surface, […]

Chang’E Moon Atlas series

Chang’E Moon Atlas series

2007 Li Chunai, Lio Jianjun, Mu Lingli: Small Scale Map. CLEP, 2007.11.26. 2010 The Chang’E-1 Image Atlas of the Moon. NAOC and SinoMap Press, 2010.05. 2012: The Chang’E-2 High Resolution Image Atlas of the Moon. NAOC and SinoMap Press, 2012.02. 2013 The Chang’E-1 Topographic Atlas of the Moon. NAOC and SinoMap Press, 2013.01. The Chang’E-1 […]

Cassini’s map of the Moon (1679-1692)

Cassini’s map of the Moon (1679-1692)

… and its reprints. They can be identified from the heart that is crossed by a Tycho ray. Cassini’s moon drawing 1679 Paris, Observatoire de Paris, inv. I.1576 Source: Memoires de l’Académie Royale des Sciences, 1692. This is a reproducion of Cassini’s map by Lemonnier, C.P. 1746; Institutions astronomiques, Paris Copy of an original in […]

Drawing of the Moon (Bode, 1823)

Drawing of the Moon (Bode, 1823)

Bode, J.E. 1823; Anleitung zur Kenntniss des gestirnten Himmels; Berlin/Stettin Image  courtesy of Ton Lindemann.

Drawing of the Moon (Blunt, 1842)

Drawing of the Moon (Blunt, 1842)

Blunt, C.F. 1842; The beauty of the heavens; London Image  courtesy of Ton Lindemann.

Beer and Mädler’s Moon Map

Beer and Mädler’s Moon Map

‘Mondoberflaeche’ (‘Surface of the Moon’) Die sichtbare Seite der Mond-Oberfläche bei voller Beleuchtung (The visible side of the moon’s surface with full lighting) Hemispherical map of the Moon. Nach Beer u. Madler’s Karte. (Based on Beer and Madler’s map) Simplified from the Moon maps published in ‘Mappa Selenographica’ written by Wilhelm Beer and Johann Heinrich Madler (1794-1874) in Berlin, […]