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| June 4th 2006 |
Recently, whilst looking through my 2006 journal, I found an interesting entry under the heading of TLP.
TLP stands for Transient Lunar Phenomenon, a term coined by the late, and much missed, Patrick Moore.
For an introduction to TLP visit: Wikipedia - Transient Lunar Phenomenon
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| Red Flash (TLP) June 4th 2006 - 22h25m UT |
If ever you see something strange whilst observing the lunar landscape, maybe a glow near a crater or a sudden flash of light, perhaps what appears to be mist on the crater floor, or a multitude of other unexplained sightings, this maybe a TLP.
Many amateur astronomers totally dismiss the idea of TLPs, but who knows.
All I can say is that on the night of June the 4th 2006 I was observing near the craters Janssen and Lockyer, and happened to witness a bright red flash from the crater Pitiscus.
I have no idea what the flash was, it could have been lunar based, or maybe lunacy based and all made up in my head.. :0)
I like to think it was one of H.G. Wells' "Selenites" flashing a laser pen at me!
To find more about those Selenites click this link: The First Men In The Moon,
First men in the Moon... I remember that film in the cinema and I loved it. Very moving and a hard blow to the heart at the end when you see the remnants of a civilisation crumble into a heap just because someone was missing corrie.
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Hi Andrew ..... I have to watch this film at least once a year... Lionel Jeffries as Mr Cavor..excellent choice of actor.... I would love to see this film in the cinema.... Selenites up on the big screen.. ! brilliant.. :0)
ReplyDeleteIn "The trials of Oscar Wilde" Lionel Jefftries played the marquess of Queensberry and was my hero of the film, being the man who brought sanity into a brutal and illegal sport of which I have no love of anyway but nevertheless also distracted by his son's seedy activities.
DeleteAnyway you have a projector all you need is a screen. You can get a retractable screen from Amazon for £32. If they do not have a DVD of the film then torrent it.
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