lunar landings Archives - Colin Stuart https://www.colinstuart.net/tag/lunar-landings/ Astronomy author and speaker Wed, 14 Jan 2015 14:43:03 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.5 https://www.colinstuart.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/cropped-Saturn1-32x32.png lunar landings Archives - Colin Stuart https://www.colinstuart.net/tag/lunar-landings/ 32 32 166732936 Chinese lander images Pinwheel galaxy from the surface of the Moon https://www.colinstuart.net/chinese-lander-images-pinwheel-galaxy-from-the-surface-of-the-moon/ https://www.colinstuart.net/chinese-lander-images-pinwheel-galaxy-from-the-surface-of-the-moon/#respond Wed, 14 Jan 2015 14:43:03 +0000 http://www.colinstuart.net/?p=1760 I was blown away yesterday when I discovered that China’s Chang’e 3 lunar mission has recently snapped this image of the Pinwheel Galaxy (M101) from the surface of the Moon. Taken through the lander’s Lunar Ultraviolet Telescope (LUT) on December 2, it shows the mission is still active – details of the mission aren’t always forthcoming. […]

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