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Click Here - "Atlas Of The Moon" by Antonin Rukl
This is the book to use for a lunar observing program, such as the
one that the Astronomical League has. The book contains a complete (for
the near side of the moon) set of drawings with wonderful attention to
detail. The inside front and back covers contain an index map. Each detail
map contains information on the major land forms as well as a reference
to the origin of the name. The only complaint I have is that the index
map numbers are in red print. This means that when I am out observing and
using a red flashlight (to protect night vision) I cannot read the numbers.
On the other hand, when the moon is more than a few days past New, a red
flashlight isn't very ben
Click Here - "To A Rocky Moon", Don Wilhelms
A geologist's history of lunar exploration. Excellent!
Click Here - "A New Photographic Atlas Of The Moon" by Zdenek Kopal
Hard to find, but worth waiting for.