Apollo 8 Magazine 13-E
Apollo 8 Magazine 13-E
An additional exploration and investigation of a partially indexed Hasselblad magazine on black and white film
Research: Danny Caes
Online sources of photographs:
Apollo Image Atlas (Lunar and Planetary Institute) Low-Resolution scans.
Apollo 8 Flight Journal (David Woods and Frank O'Brien) Medium- and High-Resolution scans.
Online pans:
Frames 2215 to 2227 Pan of southwestern Mare Fecunditatis, created by David Woods and Frank O'Brien.
Frames 2228 to 2237 Pan of the Capella - Rimae Gutenberg - Isidorus D region, created by David Woods and Frank O'Brien.
Frames 2310 to 2316 Pan of the eastern rim of farside crater Galois, created by David Woods and Frank O'Brien.
Magazine 13-E:
(links to medium-resolution scans in the Apollo 8 Flight Journal by D.Woods and F.O'Brien)2215: Al-Marrakushi, Mare Fecunditatis
2216: Mare Fecunditatis
2217: Mare Fecunditatis
2218: Mare Fecunditatis
2219: Crozier / Concentric Crater / Mare Fecunditatis
2220: Bellot / Concentric Crater / Ghost Crater (in Mare Fecunditatis)
2221: Bellot
2222: Bellot
2223: Goclenius / Colombo
2224: Goclenius / Magelhaens
2225: Goclenius / Magelhaens Note: this is one of the most frequently reproduced orbital photographs of an area on the moon's near side. It was also included on pages 620 - 621 of the splendid article A Most Fantastic Voyage; the story of Apollo 8's rendez-vous with the moon, in the National Geographic of may 1969.
2226: Goclenius
2227: Gutenberg's eastern part / Montes Pyrenaeus
2228: Rimae Gutenberg
2229: Capella
2230: Capella
2231: Capella
2232: Isidorus D
2233: Isidorus D
2234: Isidorus D
2235: Isidorus D
2236: Isidorus D
2237: East of Isidorus D
2238: (almost entirely black frame)
2239: Remains of an unnamed depression near (north-northwest of) Isidorus D
2240: Isidorus D
2241: Capella / Daguerre
2242: Mare Nectaris / Capella / Daguerre / Rosse
2243: Mare Nectaris / Daguerre / Rosse/ Fracastorius (looking southward, sunrise terminator)
2244: Doppler (frame was printed on page 195 of the book Die Mondlandung; Der Menschheit Grosstes Abenteuer by Herbert J. Pichler, 1969)
2245: Crookes
2246: Crookes
2247: Crookes
2248: Tsiolkovskij
2249:
2250:
2251:
2252: Tsiolkovskij (central peak)
2253: Tsiolkovskij
2254: Tsiolkovskij
2255: Tsiolkovskij
2256: High albedo crater north of Izsak, west of Fermi
2257: Sunrise at the unnamed basin-like formation between NASA's nicknamed "Lonesome Mesa" and "Low Mesa", ENE of Maskelyne A (Van Langren's "Wendelini")
2258: Maskelyne A (Van Langren's "Wendelini") in shadow
2259: Maskelyne A (Van Langren's "Wendelini") in shadow
2260:
2261:
2262: North of Sklodowska (near Ritz)
2263:
2264: Ritz / Sklodowska
2265: Ritz
2266: Ansgarius / Ansgarius N
2267: Ansgarius
2268: Ansgarius / Ansgarius M / Behaim and its pronounced central peak in the distance
2269: Behaim and its pronounced central peak
2270: Kapteyn
2271 to 2309: Landmark Tracking Exercise (over Maskelyne F and Wallach, in Mare Tranquillitatis)
- A small unnamed irregular depression east of Wallach (at 5° North/ 33°45' East) was the centre of attention in Apollo 8's Landmark Tracking Exercise. A series of orbital photographs were made of it, the best close-up photograph of this series is AS8-13-2300.
The first frames in this series of photographs (of Mare Tranquillitatis) show the surroundings of that irregular depression, while looking westward over the remains of crater Maskelyne F. Bowl-shaped crater Wallach is visible in the distance (of which frame AS8-13-2287 is the best one; it shows Wallach near the frame's right margin). The last photographs of this series show the same region looking east, toward the same Maskelyne F. Crater Wallach is not visible in these last frames, because of a disturbing solar reflection effect in the Hasselblad-camera's lens system.
2310 to 2316: Eastern rim of Galois (see pan-mosaic created by David Woods and Frank O'Brien).
2317: Eastern part of Doppler
2318: Close-up of Crookes's chaotic floor
2319: Lunar farside mountain range at horizon (see LPOD 23-1-2006 Name that Basin Rim!).
2320: Lunar farside mountain range at horizon
2321: "steep slope" (at Aitken), see also AS8-18-2837
2322: Aitken
2323: Aitken
2324: Aitken
2325: Zwicky N (the LTO's "Ibn Hayyan")
2326: Geiger / Geiger R
2327: Bright ray-craterlet west of Isaev (see LAC 102 in the Clementine Atlas of the Moon).
2328: Denning V
2329: Earth above the lunar horizon
2330:
2331: Bright ray-craterlet between Purkyne S (the LTO's "Milton"), and Purkyne U (the LTO's "Tasso")
2332: Purkyne S (the LTO's "Milton")
2333: (frame's a bit overexposed to recognize named surface formations)
2334 to 2338: Cajal to Vitruvius region (looking northward, sunrise terminator)
2339: Mare Fecunditatis
2340: "Gang of Four" in Mare Fecunditatis (of which crater Anville is the largest member) / Messier and Messier A
2341: Messier and Messier A, with retro-reflection ("Heiligenschein")
2342: The Montes Secchi region, with James Lovell's "Mount Marilyn" and very bright retro-reflection ("Heiligenschein"). The small bowl-shaped crater in the foreground is Secchi X, aka "Lost Crater"
2343: NASA's "Bob's Bend", "Barbara Mesa", "Lonesome Mesa", "Saint Theresa", and "Cape Venus"
2344: Rupes Cauchy Note: this is one of the most frequently reproduced orbital photographs of an area on the moon's near side. It was also included on pages 616 - 617 of the splendid article A Most Fantastic Voyage; the story of Apollo 8's rendez-vous with the moon, in the National Geographic of may 1969.
2345: Aryabhata / Maskelyne F
2346: Sinas
2347: Cajal to Vitruvius region, with Dorsa Barlow and ghost crater nearby (looking northward, local sunrise) Note: this is one of the most magnificent oblique looking orbital Apollo-photographs of an area on the moon's near side! - DannyCaes May 23, 2010
2348: Jansen (local sunrise)
2349: Jansen Beta hill (local sunrise)
2350: Vitruvius (local sunrise)
2351: (out of focus)
2352 to 2382: Earth in the distance
The full content of this page (the numbered list and lunar locations) should be online within a couple of days or weeks - DannyCaes May 20, 2010
See also:
Apollo 8 and its Orbital Lunar Photography
