Epic moon : a history of lunar exploration in the age of the telescope

The Discovery Of A World In The Moone -- Longitudes And Long Telescopes -- The Compelling Spell Of Change -- The Long Night Of Selenography -- Eruptions In The Moon -- A Compulsion To Observe -- The Moon's White Cities -- The Moon Of Beer And Mädler -- Depression And Paralysis -- A Growing Reaction -- Linné -- An Evolutionary Moon -- More Changes -- The Craters Of The Moon -- The Madman Of Mandeville -- Fauth's Frozen Moon -- Afterglows -- Apollo's Moon. William P. Sheehan, Thomas A. Dobbins. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. The Moon has always been one of the most obvious and in some ways the most enticing of astronomical objects - even from early times, it was Queen of the Night, and the naked eye sees more detail than even the largest telescopes reveal on Mars. There is growing evidence of a return of amateur observers to the Moon as an object worthy of their attention. It is the only alien world open to geological prospecting from the eyepieces of the backyard telescope.