Best Moon Atlas

[Hans Tucker]

Tried a search for a duplicate thread on this topic but the search did come back with any threads...so apologies in advanced if this has been discussed before.

I am looking at buying a Moon Atlas and have been leaning towards the Atlas of the Moon by Antonin Rükl. It gets good reviews on Amazon if that is anything to go by.

Any other suggestions. I would like to stick to book format..just old fashioned.

I did purchase the Interstellarum Deep Sky Atlas by Ronald Stoyan, Stephan Schurig on recommendation on IIS...and that was a good buy.

[michaellxv]

Atlas of the Moon by Antonin Rükl is a very good traditional atlas, I don't have a copy but have borrowed it from the club library.

Two that I do have.

The Cambridge Photographic Moon Atlas is not laid out in a grid as such but breaks the moon into key areas based on major features. It then has a series of images to show the detail in that area. It's not the type of book I would take into the field but use it as an indoor reference.

21st Century Atlas of the Moon (https://lpod.wikispaces.com/21st+Century+Atlas+of+the+Moon) Charles A. Wood and Maurice J.S. Collins. I only just picked this one up 2 days ago. It is spiral bound for easy use in the field and uses a grid of 28 sections. Has a photo for each grid with labelled features then some close ups of major features in that field.

It covers the limb with 8 additional charts and has a section to provide more detail on the basins & mare ridges. Finally Apollo and probe landing sites and a short section on the far side.

[PhilTas]

have a look at

www.alanchuhk.com

Alan has produced a very informative free pdf book on the moon.

cheers Phil

[Kunama]

I have the Antonin Rükl book and like it. I also prefer book versions. Must be in 'that' age group.

[hickny]

Check out...
http://www.moon.com.co/atlas/index.shtml

[OICURMT]

For completeness regarding Moon Atlases

http://target.lroc.asu.edu/q3/#

[SkyWatch]

The Moon Phase maps and CD, available here: http://www.austskyandtel.com.au/BooksProducts/tabid/643/Default.aspx
are pretty good, with a photographic map for each day.

- Dean

[mental4astro]

But! What good is an atlas if you don't know what you are looking at?

Observing the Moon along the Terminator (http://www.packerlighting.com/Lunar_Articles/Moon%20Article%203of6.html) is an excellent source of selenographic (geo is the Earth, seleno is the Moon) information. It explains the many different types of formations, and giving an insight to what I like to call the "open history book" that is the Moon. Great thing too this site also give geographic examples of the same structures. Some atlases do give explanations on features, but this resource is not atlas based but structure base. Nicely compliments any atlas. I often come back to this site to review thoughts of mine. Great resource.

There are many excellent atlases here. Take your time going through them as some may be too simple for you, others too involved. But, you will always learn which ever way you go, :)

[BeanerSA]

That's pretty cool. I have bookmarked that!