![]() ![]() In Section 57 (North Pole) there are two more howlers. I could also not find two of the reference number locations for two features mentioned in the Section’s text. Section 54 (Sinus Iridum)’s (bottom right) image is quite clear Cr Clavius which is pretty much diametrically opposed in real location! with reference numbers that make no sense. A long way away from the South Polar region! The annotations (1 and 2) do not match any relevant text there either. There is quite clearly a picture (bottom right) showing a labelled wrinkle ridge and a small crater (1 and 2) which are actually located to the south of Promontorium Heraclides in the north west quadrant of Mare Imbrium. I did find this later in Section 6 (Montes Taurus) but this may not be the first place one (a casual observer) would look. A minor point but the authors omitted the Apollo 17 landing site where it was visible in the images. The numbers do not correlate with the text as the image should be in Section 12 (Vallis Rheita) even though the reference numbers 1, 2 and 3 don’t tally with that text either! Section 15 (Abulfeda)’s 2nd image (bottom left) clearly does not belong there. It is an image of Craters (Cr) Plinius and Dawes at the southern edge of Mare Serenitatis a fair distance away to the south. In Section 5 (Atlas/Hercules) the 2nd image (1st page bottom) does not belong there. Perhaps Cambridge University Press considered the expense of a reprint too. ![]() Even the Sky At Night reviewer missed them. There is not even a list of erratum in my 2012 print! What is even more surprising is that these errors were not only not noted by the initial expert moon photographers and academics when constructing the layout and during the editing process but were also missed a second time when translated by Mr Storm Dunlop (a lunar specialist!). Now this is NOT the fault of the sellers and the authors and publishers are fully responsible. however, in a book that costs around 40 of your earth pounds, purporting to be an atlas with many an amateur/casual astronomer reliant on accuracy to help them, I have to say I was spectacularly unimpressed by the humongous errors that have been allowed to slip through this expensive tome. It feels substantial the quality of the binding, cover and photographs (and text layout) feels sumptuous. Now this is a beautiful book, don’t get me wrong. ![]() To learn more about how and for what purposes Amazon uses personal information (such as Amazon Store order history), please visit our Privacy Notice. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie Preferences, as described in the Cookie Notice. Click ‘Customise Cookies’ to decline these cookies, make more detailed choices, or learn more. Third parties use cookies for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalised ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. This includes using first- and third-party cookies, which store or access standard device information such as a unique identifier. If you agree, we’ll also use cookies to complement your shopping experience across the Amazon stores as described in our Cookie Notice. We also use these cookies to understand how customers use our services (for example, by measuring site visits) so we can make improvements. We use cookies and similar tools that are necessary to enable you to make purchases, to enhance your shopping experiences and to provide our services, as detailed in our Cookie Notice.
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