Lunar Orbiter III - 80mm Lens Medium Resolution Photography of Site S-26 (KI-3049)

Lunar Orbiter III - 80mm Lens Medium Resolution Photography of Site S-26 (KI-3049)

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Lunar Orbiter III - 80mm Lens Medium Resolution Photography of Site S-26 (KI-3049)

February 1967
Gelatin silver print
Image: 12 3/8 × 13 7/16 in. (31.5 × 34.2 cm)
Mount: 17 15/16 × 16 in. (45.6 × 40.6 cm)
Gift of William Vaughn
Inscriptions typed on applied label affixed to mount verso, TC: Lunar Orbiter III - 80mm Lens [underlined] \ Medium Resolution Photography of Site S-26 (KI-3049) [underlined] \ This photograph of the crater Kepler and vicinity was taken \ with the Orbiter at an altitude of about 36 statute miles and at a \ distance of about 80 statute miles from the crater. The Orbiter was \ at a position of about 38°W slightly North of the moon's equator, \ looking North when the photograph was made. \ The crater Kepler is about 20 miles in diameter and 7500 feet \ deep. The prominent mountain on the horizon is about 220 miles away; \ this mountain is unnamed. The crater Encke is just outside the field \ of view on the lower right.
inscribed in pencil on applied label affixed to mount verso, TC: 7
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