[Utah-astronomy] Re: First Look at Mercury’s Prev iously Unseen Side

On 16 Jan 2008, at 01:51, Kurt Fisher wrote:

Here's a nice computer enhanced version of the new Mercury farside image by lunar expert Chuck Wood, along with his commentary on some of the more obvious features.

http://the-moon.wikispaces.com/LPOD+Jan+16%2C+2008

A wondferful, historic image.

- Kurt

WOW! Yes, very nice picture. The picture reminds me of the time many, MANY moons ago during my early days at Hansen Planetarium. Back then we didn't have any descent full hemispheric images of Mercury for use in our star shows. So we improvised and used a reversed picture of the Moon. I'd be willing to bet that lots of folks will mistake the new Mercury images for pictures of the Moon. patrick