The moon : $b a full description and map of its principal physical features

This compact guide is aimed at anyone who brings a telescope to the night sky and wants to recognize the Moon’s varied terrain. It pairs an easily readable eighteen‑inch‑to‑diameter map with concise notes on the most prominent craters, valleys and rilles, so features can be located without struggling in dim light. The layout balances detail and clarity, making it useful whether you’re in a backyard observatory or a club dome. It also includes meridian lines and latitude parallels at ten‑degree intervals, helping orient observations with precision.

The author combines three decades of personal sketches, photographs from major observatories and the latest lunar charts to ensure each formation is accurately portrayed. Meridian lines and latitude parallels are marked every ten degrees, and traditional names replace cumbersome numbers for quick reference. While the map highlights every named feature, the accompanying text points out interesting smaller details that the scale cannot display. Readers will find references to the original catalogues and to contemporary photographs, giving context to the features described.