Lunar observers
Lunar observers and photographers (and illustrators - selenographers)
An alphabetic list compiled by Danny Caes and members/ visitors of the Lunar Photo of the Day (LPOD) site and the Moon-Wiki project
Note: the names of the 24 Apollo astronauts who explored the moon are also included in the list because they saw and photographed the moon REALLY close-up!
It should be mentioned that the chapter THE MOON in T.W.Webb's CELESTIAL OBJECTS FOR COMMON TELESCOPES (Volume 1: The Solar System) contains a large number of less-known (say: unknown) moon observers. The search for these names could be an interesting summer project! (july 2015). - DannyCaes Jun 13, 2015
Part 1: A to F
Part 2: G to L
Part 3: M to R
Part 4: S to Z
A
Aasland, Jarle (LPOD).
Abgarian, Mikhail (LPOD contributor, member of the Astronominsk team).
Abineri, Keith (English selenographer).
Adler, Alan (Bill Arnett's site).
Aerts, Leo (Vereniging Voor Sterrenkunde, V.V.S.). LPODs: No (Ptolemaeus), Twin Peaks (Langrenus), Three Troughs (Furnerius and Stevinus), Smooth Floor Comparisons (Theophilus), Cleo 3 (Cleomedes and Burckhardt), How He Does It (Ramsden and Marth), Younger? Older? (Delambre and Sabine/Ritter region), Leibnitz Mountains? (moon's southpole region), 40 Years Later (Piazzi Smyth and Mons Piton), A Bridge Too Far, and Observation Quite Good (O'Neill's "Bridge"), Peakly Pleasures (the Moretus/ Southpole region).
Aeschliman, Ralph (LPOD).
Aldrin, Edwin (Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin, Apollo 11 astronaut).
Allard, (1700: the first who mentioned the word "crater", Whitaker: page 106).
Alonso, Patricio Dominguez (LPOD, Observacion Astronomica).
Alter, Dinsmore.
Alves, Filipe (LPOD).
Alway, Peter (-Astronomy- magazine).
Amadori, Vittorio (LPOD).
Amery, Geoff (Torricelli B TLP)
Amoroso, Paolo (LPOD).
Andel, Karel (Mappa Selenographica).
Anders, William (William Alison Anders, Apollo 8 astronaut).
Apostolos, Evagelopoulos (-Sky and Telescope- magazine).
Appleton, James (Roland Clarkson website).
Archenhold (mentioned in Harry De Meyer's moonbook Maanmonografieen (1969), page 146, at the section Posidonius) (according to Belgian moon observer and popularizer Harry De Meyer, a certain Archenhold observed an obscuration at Posidonius, in 1903) (according to A.J.M.Wanders it was in 1905, see page 353 in Wanders's book Op Ontdekking in het Maanland, 1949).
Archinal, Brent (LPOD).
Armando, Piero (-Sky and Telescope- magazine).
Armstrong, Neil (Neil Alden Armstrong, Apollo 11 astronaut).
Arnett, Bill (Hitchhiker's guide to the moon).
Arsidi, Christian (LPOD).
Arthur, D.W.G. (Photographic Lunar Atlas, Kuiper etc.).
Asztalos, John (-Astronomy- magazine).
Athanasiou, Con. (LPOD; cellphone moon).
Aupperle, Milton (LPOD).
Ayiomamitis, Anthony (LPOD).
B
Bailey, James (-Astronomy- magazine).
Bailey, Wayne (ALPO).
Baldoni, Paolo (LPOD).
Ball, L.F. (English selenographer).
Barcroft, David P. (ALPO).
Bares, Alessandro (LPOD).
Barker, (English selenographer).
Barnard, Edward Emerson (TLP observations).
Barr, Edward (TLP observations, Aristarchus/ Cobra Head).
Barrett, Frank (LPOD).
Bartlett, (American selenographer).
Barton, Jeff (Sky Insight).
Barzacchi, Raffaele (LPOD contributor).
Bash, Tom (Sky Insight).
Baum, Richard (English selenographer).
Beer, Wilhelm (1797-1850).
Bean, Alan (Alan LaVern Bean, Apollo 12 astronaut).
Behaegel, Christophe (LPOD).
Behee, Chris and Roland (LPOD).
Bellido, Francisco -'Paco'- (LPOD).
Benavides, Rafael (LPOD).
Berry, Peter (LPOD).
Bert, Vincent (LPOD).
Bertoglio, Alessandro (LPOD).
Biancani, Guiseppe.
Bianchini, Francesco.
Bianconi, Alessandro (LPOD).
Birt, William Radcliff (1804-1881).
Blevins, Bill and Julie (LPOD).
Boerjan, Gunther (Flemish connoisseur and popularizer of astronomy and spaceflight, also a dedicated moon-photographer).
Boint, Steve (ALPO).
Bolton, (English selenographer).
Bond, William Cranch (W.C.Bond, 1789-1859, early lunar photographer).
Bondo, Henrik (LPOD).
Bonestell, Chesley (space artist, illustrator).
Borman, Frank (Frank Frederick Borman, II, Apollo 8 astronaut).
Boroson, Todd (CCD-Moon, -Sky and Telescope- december 1993, page 13).
Borri, Christopher.
Bortle, John E. (Lunar Eclipse Veteran, -Sky and Telescope- magazine).
Boschat, Michael (ALPO).
Bosman, Richard (LPOD).
Botts, Bob (LPOD).
Bougon, (see page 146 in H.Hill's "A Portfolio of lunar drawings").
Božič, Aleksander aka SandiBandi (Slovenian "Lunatic", observer form 2007, started writing about the Moon in Spika (may 2014), single Slovenian astronomy magazine)
Bridges, Pat (USGS) (created airbrushed charts of certain regions on the moon, such as Copernicus and its system of rays, see page 184 in Norman Mailer's book MOONFIRE, the epic journey of Apollo 11). Online photograph of Pat Bridges and airbrushed Copernicus-map.
Briga, Melchior A. (1747 moonmap).
Broadbent, Steve (LPOD contributor, Painterly Ejecta).
Brodie, (see pages 124-125 in T.W.Webb's Celestial Objects for Common Telescopes, Volume 1; The Moon).
Brown, Mike (Philip's moon observer's guide).
Buckingham, (the Linné case; see W.R.Corliss's Mysterious Universe, page 197).
Burley, Jaylee (B.Middlehurst's TLP investigations).
Burrell, (English selenographer).
Bussey, Ben (LPOD, author CLEMENTINE ATLAS OF THE MOON).
Byrne, Charles (LPOD).
C
Caes, Danny (Flemish connoisseur of moon-related subjects and of optical phenomena in earth's atmosphere).
Cameron, Tom (RASC Calgary—Isabel Williamson Lunar Observing Certificate).
Campbell, B.A. (LPOD).
Campbell, Bruce (LPOD).
Carboni, Noel (LPOD).
Carpenter, James (1840-1899).
Carvalho, Fabio (LPOD).
Casady, Robin (Hitchhiker's guide to the moon).
Cassini,
Cellini, Christina (LPOD).
Cernan, Eugene (Eugene Andrew Cernan, Apollo 10 - Apollo 17 astronaut).
Chandrayaan 1 (Indian unmanned lunar probe).
Chang'e 1 (Chinese unmanned lunar orbiter).
Chapman, David M F (RASC Halifax—Isabel Williamson Lunar Observing Certificate).
Chappell, (The Old Moon and the New, V.A.Firsoff).
Chapuis,
Chasiotis, Elias (LPOD).
Christodoulopoulos, Kostas (LPOD).
Cidadao, Antonio (Moon "Light" atlas).
Clarkson, Roland L. T. (English selenographer) (Roland Lebeg Townley Clarkson, 1889-1954). See http://www.oasi.org.uk/OPO/RLTC/RLTC.php
Claro, Miguel (LPOD).
Cleemput, Stefan van (Vereniging Voor Sterrenkunde, V.V.S.).
Clementine (orbital unmanned photomapper, 1994).
Collins, Maurice (LPOD, RASNZ, ALPO, BAA-LS).
Collins, Michael (Michael Collins, Apollo 11 astronaut).
Conrad, Charles (Charles "Pete" Conrad, Apollo 12 astronaut).
Cook, Chris (LPOD).
Cook, Tony (LPOD).
Cottam, Jackie (LPOD).
Crandall, Ed (ALPO).
D
Daniels, Doug (Philip's moon observer's guide).
Daversin, Bruno (LPOD).
Davis, Don (space artist).
Davoodian, Shahriar (LPOD).
Declercq, Bart (Yahoo Lunar Observing Group).
Degutis, Al (Sky Insight).
De La Rue, Warren (one of the first moon photographers).
Dembowski, William (Elton Moonshine Observatory).
Demeulenaere, Ivo (Flemish explorer and investigator of lunar terminator-related phenomena in craters and mountain clusters).
Dench, David (LPOD).
Dennett, (see footnote at page 125 of T.W.Webb's Celestial Objects for Common Telescopes, Volume 1; The Moon).
De Ruyter, Petra (LPOD).
De Vries, Tjomme (author of Dutch moonbooks, such as: -De Maan, onze trouwe wachter-).
Dickert, Th. (moonglobe, early 1850's).
Dierick, Dominique -Dodi- (LPOD).
Dietzel, Martin (LPOD).
Dildick, Daniel (LPOD).
Di Nasso, Riccardo (LPOD).
Divini, Eustachio (1610-1685).
Dobie, (see page 121 in T.W.Webb's Celestial Objects for Common Telescopes, Volume 1; The Moon).
Dollfus, Audouin (1992 TLP at Langrenus).
Dominguez, Patricio Alonso (LPOD, Observacion Astronomica).
Dragesco, Jean (-Astronomy- magazine).
Draper, Henry (1837-1882, son of J.W. Draper).
Draper, J.W. (first photograph of the moon, Daguerreotype).
Duke, Charles (Charles Moss Duke, Jr., Apollo 16 astronaut).
Dunphy, Ted (RASC New Brunswick—Isabel Williamson Lunar Observing Certificate).
Duran, Ramon Garcia (LPOD contributor, 15-5-12).
E
Ebdon, Colin (Philip's moon observer's guide).
Ehlert, Rainer (LPOD).
Eimmart, Georg (1638-1705).
Elger, Gwyn T. (1838-1897).
Elia, Agapios (LPOD).
Elowitz, Robert (Sky Insight).
Emley, (English selenographer).
Eskildsen, Howard (ALPO, LPOD).
Evans, Collin (LPOD).
Evans, Ronald (Ronald Ellwin Evans, Jr., Apollo 17 astronaut).
Eysenhard, (see page 106 in T.W.Webb's Celestial Objects for Common Telescopes, Volume 1; The Moon).
F
Fattinnanzi, Christian (LPOD).
Fauth, Johann Philipp Heinrich (1867-1941).
Faworski, Sheldon (-Astronomy- magazine).
Fenet, Léon (see: Gaudibert, C.M.).
Fernandez, Daniel (DANIKXT)(LPOD contributor).
Fernando, Alberto (LPOD).
Ferreira, Jim (HiRes LUNAR-, SOLAR-, PLANETARY-, and DEEP-SKY ASTROPHOTOGRAPHY by Jim Ferreira).
Fielder, Martin (LPOD).
Fink, Howard
Fisher, Jim (LPOD).
Fisher, Kurt (LPOD, compiler of the LPOD's own ABC).
Foley, P.W. (Patrick Moore's book -New Guide To The Moon-).
Fontana, Francesco (1585-1656).
Fournier, Gerard (see: H.Hill's -A Portfolio of Lunar Drawings-, page 211: drawings of the Messier pair).
Fournier, V. (idem).
Franz, Julius (1847-1913).
Freeman, (see page 117 in T.W.Webb's Celestial Objects for Common Telescopes, Volume 1; The Moon).
Fricke, Ron (American film director and cinematographer. Director of photography for Koyaanisqatsi in which a wonderful close-up is seen of the FULL MOON, rising above a skyscraper).
Friedman, Alan (LPOD).
Funanage, Bob (-Astronomy- magazine).
