Lot 10
  • 10

Lunar Orbiter V

Estimate
1,000 - 1,500 USD
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Description

  • CRATER ARISTARCHUS, 18 AUGUST 1967
  • silver gelatin print
Silver gelatin print, 18 by 20 inches, of Lunar Orbiter image V-197M.

Literature

See Bowker & Hughes, Lunar Orbiter Photographic Atlas of the Moon. Washington, D.C.: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1971; Illustrated in: Cortright, Exploring Space with a Camera, pp 122-23.

Condition

Three photographs on vintage Kodak paper joined; verso with date stamp: 'OCT 13 1967'. 'Aristarchus' written in red pen on center top margin. Several pieces of tape visible along joints.
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Catalogue Note

A highly detailed image of crater Aristarchus, with the smaller Aristarchus F to the lower left.