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THE TLP MYTH????
The On-going Lunascan S&T Article Discussions
January 11, 1978, 15h30m UT.
S.R.Izmailov (Kharkov Astronomical
Observatory) and V.V.Davidenko
made 9 photos of the new Moon in
the main focus of 130mm-refractor
(Karl Zeiss) with ~7s-intervals
at scale of 106 "/1mm. Photo
No.1 is normal. Photo No.2 demonstrate
bright flash at terminator (66.5
deg. E and 29.0 deg. S) of 35"x40"
enveloped luminous nebula 180"x120".
Photos No.3-5 show the fading
nebular at same location. Photos
No.6-9 are normal. The nebular was
motionless relatively to the
Moon, although the lunar motion on the
sky was 450".
- Alexey Arkhipov