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Pages: 1 | 2 | (show all) Crow Haven Pooh-Bah Reged: 01/09/09 Loc: Betwixt and Between S&T Topographic Moon Globe       #5737202 - 03/16/13 08:38 PM Attachment (28 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   This is one of my favorite globes! Just look at it -- I love how at a glance you can appreciate the varied depths and heights of the lunar features...you really ought to get one! ---Maya Post Extras:       Rick Woods Postmaster Reged: 01/27/05 Loc: Inner Solar System Re: S&T Topographic Moon Globe [Re: Crow Haven]       #5737890 - 03/17/13 01:34 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   I did! The South Pole - Aitkin basin jumps right out at you, doesn't it? Post Extras:       Crow Haven Pooh-Bah Reged: 01/09/09 Loc: Betwixt and Between Re: S&T Topographic Moon Globe [Re: Rick Woods]       #5738731 - 03/17/13 02:24 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Glad you got one too, Rick! Yep, it's incredible! This globe is my favorite. I hope one day there will be a Titan globe. Wasn't there a topo globe for Mars??? Maybe I'm wrong, but I've got the first version of the S&T Mars globe. A topo version would be interesting too. Post Extras:       Rick Woods Postmaster Reged: 01/27/05 Loc: Inner Solar System Re: S&T Topographic Moon Globe [Re: Crow Haven]       #5739735 - 03/17/13 09:58 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   There was a topo Mars globe for several years. Finally they cleared them out for $59. I brain-farted and didn't get one, and I'm still kicking myself! Rumor has it there will be a Mercury globe in the not too distant future, too. Hopefully, a topo version too, to go with it. A Titan globe would be awesome, and, needless to say, would suck still more pazoozas out of my rapidly thinning wallet. And, have you checked out the Venus globe? Post Extras:       Crow Haven Pooh-Bah Reged: 01/09/09 Loc: Betwixt and Between Re: S&T Topographic Moon Globe [Re: Rick Woods]       #5740716 - 03/18/13 01:28 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   $59 was sure a great deal on those topo Mars globes! Geez, I wish I had been on the ball and noticed that before they disappeared. I'm very interested in the new Mercury globes to be produced...and that Venus globe is calling to me too. I think I'm going to need to figure out some better way to display these, I'm running out of room! Post Extras:       Rick Woods Postmaster Reged: 01/27/05 Loc: Inner Solar System Re: S&T Topographic Moon Globe [Re: Crow Haven]       #5741246 - 03/18/13 05:41 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   The topo Mars view is *extremely* useful when you study the planet. At the time, I was only interested in what I could see; but things developed and the globe would now be invaluable. But: S&T has the Mars Topo map on sale for $10 (or did, a few weeks ago), and that's a decent second choice. It's a great map, and quite large. If you're interested, you might think about snagging one before they disappear, too. I hear you about space for globes. I need to do some serious shuffling of stuff to come up with some room! Post Extras:       Crow Haven Pooh-Bah Reged: 01/09/09 Loc: Betwixt and Between Re: S&T Topographic Moon Globe [Re: Rick Woods]       #5741406 - 03/18/13 06:49 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Thanks for the heads up on the S&T topo Mars map, I'll look into that as I'm appreciating the topo version of this moon globe a great deal. It helps to study features with more of a 3-D visualization than just the photos provide and written measurements, as good as they are, in atlases. I've got 3 globes in the observatory right now and the topo moon in the house where I'm really enjoying it a lot. I kind of wish there were versions of these globes at 2/3 scale also(then I'd want some of Jupiter's moons too!) and some way to hang them from the ceiling but also able to quickly take each down for close study at times... I've got it -- I need to live in a planetarium. Post Extras:       Rick Woods Postmaster Reged: 01/27/05 Loc: Inner Solar System Re: S&T Topographic Moon Globe [Re: Crow Haven]       #5741606 - 03/18/13 08:10 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Quote: (then I'd want some of Jupiter's moons too!) Ahh, jeez, now I want those too! Post Extras:       Crow Haven Pooh-Bah Reged: 01/09/09 Loc: Betwixt and Between Re: S&T Topographic Moon Globe [Re: Rick Woods]       #5741990 - 03/18/13 10:49 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   They would make an amazing and useful collection! Well, I found and ordered the Mars topo map over at S&T....and got to looking at the Venus globe again....ah well, I couldn't resist it anymore and ordered it too. Hope it arrives in good condition! Post Extras:       Rick Woods Postmaster Reged: 01/27/05 Loc: Inner Solar System Re: S&T Topographic Moon Globe [Re: Crow Haven]       #5742193 - 03/19/13 02:19 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Is there a 12-step program for people like us? Post Extras:       droid rocketman Reged: 08/29/04 Loc: Conneaut, Ohio Re: S&T Topographic Moon Globe [Re: Rick Woods]       #5742340 - 03/19/13 06:47 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Sorry Rick, but alas theres only 9 planets...so you could design a nine step program.....but only if you really want too. Post Extras:       Crow Haven Pooh-Bah Reged: 01/09/09 Loc: Betwixt and Between Re: S&T Topographic Moon Globe [Re: droid]       #5743118 - 03/19/13 02:42 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Andy has a point (hey, but what about a Pluto globe??? Alas, it's been demoted off planet status ), and there's that pesky problem of having to want a cure... Well, it's just not going happen here, my astro-addiction is ingrained from childhood! I don't want a cure! Post Extras:       Rick Woods Postmaster Reged: 01/27/05 Loc: Inner Solar System Re: S&T Topographic Moon Globe [Re: droid]       #5743749 - 03/19/13 06:59 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Quote: Sorry Rick, but alas theres only 9 planets...so you could design a nine step program.....but only if you really want too. You're forgetting Ceres, Eris, and Makemake. Back to 12! (Oh no, a Ceres globe...) Post Extras:       Crow Haven Pooh-Bah Reged: 01/09/09 Loc: Betwixt and Between Re: S&T Topographic Moon Globe [Re: Rick Woods]       #5743928 - 03/19/13 08:19 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Dear Sky & Telescope, I have been very good this year, so I'm asking that you please create new planetary and moon globes. Sincerely, Crow Haven Post Extras:       CounterWeight Postmaster Reged: 10/05/08 Loc: Cloudyopolis, OR. Re: S&T Topographic Moon Globe [Re: Crow Haven]       #5744159 - 03/19/13 10:33 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   I am an enabler. After you get your globes start collecting models of the satellites that visited them? Should keep you busy! Post Extras:       Rick Woods Postmaster Reged: 01/27/05 Loc: Inner Solar System Re: S&T Topographic Moon Globe [Re: CounterWeight]       #5744308 - 03/20/13 01:15 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Then, action figures of the project scientists! Post Extras:       Tony Flanders Postmaster Reged: 05/18/06 Loc: Cambridge, MA, USA Re: S&T Topographic Moon Globe [Re: droid]       #5744528 - 03/20/13 05:39 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Quote: Sorry Rick, but alas theres only 9 planets Maybe so, but there are many more planet-sized objects. What's wrong with Ganymede or Callisto? Io could keep you happy forever, since its surface is constantly changing. Post Extras:       Crow Haven Pooh-Bah Reged: 01/09/09 Loc: Betwixt and Between Re: S&T Topographic Moon Globe [Re: Tony Flanders]       #5745401 - 03/20/13 03:30 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Quote: I am an enabler. After you get your globes start collecting models of the satellites that visited them? Should keep you busy! -------------------- Clear skies - Jim Cool!! Enable away! I'd probably have to construct my own model versions, but that could be fun too. Quote: Then, action figures of the project scientists! -------------------- - Rick Well, why not!? Collect them all! Quote: What's wrong with Ganymede or Callisto? Io could keep you happy forever, since its surface is constantly changing. -------------------- Tony Flanders Ooooo Io! Wow, that would be an incredible globe for a collection! My wish list is growing... Post Extras:       Tony Flanders Postmaster Reged: 05/18/06 Loc: Cambridge, MA, USA Re: S&T Topographic Moon Globe [Re: Crow Haven]       #5745450 - 03/20/13 03:45 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Quote: Quote: Io could keep you happy forever, since its surface is constantly changing. Ooooo Io! Wow, that would be an incredible globe for a collection! For total verisimilitude, this globe will scald you if you try to pick it up. And it will smell like rotten eggs. Post Extras:       Crow Haven Pooh-Bah Reged: 01/09/09 Loc: Betwixt and Between Re: S&T Topographic Moon Globe [Re: Tony Flanders]       #5745487 - 03/20/13 03:56 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Quote: For total verisimilitude, this globe will scald you if you try to pick it up. And it will smell like rotten eggs. Perfect! Does it come with a clothespin? This shouldn't be too much of a problem using the proper handling tools with the observatory roof rolled back...and might provide vermin-repelling properties to boot! Post Extras:       Pages: 1 | 2 | (show all)

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