Lunar Orbit III - 80mm Lens Medium Resolution Photograph of Site S-21.5 (KI-3091)
Photograph
Lunar Orbit III - 80mm Lens Medium Resolution Photograph of Site S-21.5 (KI-3091)
1967
Gelatin silver print
Image: 16 3/16 × 13 5/8 in. (41.1 × 34.6 cm)
Mount: 18 × 15 15/16 in. (45.7 × 40.5 cm)
Gift of Robert Shanebrook in memory of James R. Niederbaumer and his contributions to astronomy and photography, 2009
Inscriptions typed on applied label affixed to mount verso, C: Lunar Orbiter III - 80mm Lens [underlined] \ Medium Resolution Photograph of Site S-21.5 (KI-3091) [underlined] \ This photograph of the backside of the moon was taken near \ apolune (about 1850 kilometers). The lunar area seen includes the \ equator and the south pole (on the horizon). This photograph overlaps \ slightly a comparable photograph taken by Orbiter II, and includes a \ large area shown in a similar photograph from Orbiter I. \ A photograph taken simultaneously by the 24 inch high resolu- \ tion lens shows details of the large central crater Tsiolkovsky and \ the immediate area. Tsiolkovsky is about 150 miles in diameter; it \ was named by Russian scientists.
inscribed in black ink on sticker affixed to mount verso, TRC: 6
inscribed in black ink on sticker affixed to mount verso, BLC: PS
inscribed in black ink on sticker affixed to mount verso, TRC: 6
inscribed in black ink on sticker affixed to mount verso, BLC: PS
