Moon atlases

The moon is just past full tonight and I've been viewing the terminator the last couple of nights -- and looking around the house for my Rukl's Atlas.  It seems to have disappeared and I can't find a good substitute.  I've got Hatfield, Kaguya, Lunar Orbiter, and Chuck Wood's wonderful book.  Oh, and Harold Hill's absolutely jaw-dropping "Portfolio of Lunar Drawings".

With the exception of the last, none of these latter books is drawn.  That is, the illustrations are photographs.  And they're wonderful photographs showing far more detail than virtually anyone can draw (or really even "take in" when viewed through a telescope).  However, Rukl's book consists of detailed drawings that are not affected by lunar phase.  So you can get a better sense of where stuff is.

Which led me to wonder about the Lunar Quadrant Maps that the U of A's Lunar & Planetary Lab put out in the 1960s.  I think I might need a copy.  They're drawn -- not a lot of detail, but virtually any feature of significant size is shown.  I believe they're online, but I think they deserve a physical copy.  Does anyone know how to get a physical copy?

Lick saved! (for now...)

I've previously mentioned that I volunteer at Lick Observatory for their summer visitor program.  I got the chance to look at M13 through the 36-inch refractor a couple of weeks ago and am thankful that the UC Regents has decided to keep Lick as a research station.  Lick does more than any other full-time research facility to accommodate the public and promote astronomy and astrophysics "awareness" among the public.  Tours are given many days of the week, and nearly every Friday and Saturday night during the summer, there are concerts and public viewing (tickets offered in advance). The staff at Lick works very hard at these events and I'm glad that the 120-inch, the APF, the Katzman, the 40-inch, and the Great Lick Refractor will have a chance to shove photons into various detectors, including (in the last two telescopes) people's eyes.

http://www.ucolick.org/SaveLick/