1. Harry Thornton, Leslie Rae, & the rise & fall of The Moon.
- Author
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Mobberley, Martin
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ASTRONOMICAL photography , *SPACE photography , *MOON , *SPACE probes , *LUNAR surface , *PERIODICAL publishing - Abstract
Harry Thornton and Leslie Rae were the Editors of the BAA Lunar Section publication The Moon from 1953 to 1967, during which period charting the lunar surface visually was superseded by professional astronomical photography and early space probe imagery. As a result, lunar contributions to The Moon dried up and, after Rae's resignation, the publication ceased. Thornton and Rae were very prominent figures in the BAA of the 1 950s and 1960s, yet no obituaries of them were ever published in the journal. The aim of this paper is to address those omissions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Published
- 2024