presents

Messier
Directory - Section 48



BRIEF DESCRIPTION
The vast area of Mare Fecunditatis, which is crossed by numerous wrinkle ridges, is dominated by the well-known pair of craters Messier and Messier A, the latter of which is the source of two bright rays radiating to the west. In oblique illumination 'ghost craters' can be seen on the mare surface and also a system of rilles around the crater Gutenberg. Refer to your copy of the Antonin Rukl lunar atlas chart, page 123.


EARTH BASED TELESCOPIC IMAGES:
Since many EBTI's are not kept long on the is best to use Google for these images.
Image - Messier (Cidadao)
Image - Messier (Legault)


RANGER SPACECRAFT IMAGES:
http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/ranger/ (Ranger site)
Not applicable

LUNAR ORBITER IMAGES:
Lunar & Planetary Institute:
http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/lunar_orbiter/ (Atlas)
http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/lunarorbiter/ (Photo Gallery)

Al-Marrakushi, 8 km
Amontons, 3 km
Bellot, 17 km
Crozier, 22  km
Fecunditatis, Mare
Geikie, Dorsa
Goclenius, 54x72 km
Goclenius, Rimae
Gutenberg, 74 km
Ibn Battuta, 12 km
Lindbergh, 13 km
Lubbock, 14.5 km
Magelhaens, 41 km
Mawson, Dorsa
Messier, 9x11 km 
Messier A, 13x11 km 
LO4-060-H3
LO5 Image, exact number unknown
Messier, Rima
Pyrenaeus, Montes

APOLLO IMAGES:
http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/ (Apollo Image Atlas)
http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollopanoramas/ (Apollo Surface Panoramas)
Messier Craters
AS10-30-4422
AS10-30-4423
AS10-34-5138
AS10-34-5139
AS10-35-5206
AS10-35-5207
AS11-40-5846
A11_MP.Orbital13FS
A11_MP.Orbital14FS
AS15-2405
AS15-90-12319
AS15-90-12320
AS16-121-19449
AS16-122-19533 - Ascent stage of Apollo 16 with Messier A and B in background
Stereo images AS16-4471(P) and AS16-4469(P)

CLEMENTINE IMAGES:
Possible.

LUNAR RECONNAISANCE ORBITER IMAGES:
http://lro.gsfc.nasa.gov/
http://wms.lroc.asu.edu/lroc_browse/

YOU TUBE FLYOVERS:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gV8joAJ85y0&feature=plcp
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmmDLuAWbQI&feature=plcp

RESEARCH UPDATES:
The Rays Of Messier (LROC)
The Layering In Messier A (NASA)
Messier & Messier A - "50 Views" (Lunascan)
AS8-13-2225(H) - Oblique view over Goclenius (SP-362,200)
AS15-2405(M) - Messier and Messier A from Apollo 15 (SP-362)
AS15-2401 - Stereoscopic view of Messier G (SP-362)
Messier and Messier A - The Story
Messier - A VGL Study