Where Lunik II Struck
(New Zealand Press Association) AUCKLAND. September 15. People in the Southern Hemisphere who look towards the moon with the naked eye to see the approximate area where Russia's Lunik II rocket struck should look towards the lower left section, said the secretary of the Auckland Astronomical Society (Mr L. R. H. Beaumont) today. . But seen through the type of celestial telescope (reflecting or refracting) used by astronomers, the moon is inverted, and viewers in the Southern Hemisphere would see the area in the upper right section of the moon. Field glasses or ordinary telescopes used for viewing scenery are fitted with correcting lenses, and the object, therefore, appears as it would to the naked eye. To Southern Hemisphere naked eye viewers the top of the moon is its south pole.
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Press, Volume XCVIII, Issue 29002, 17 September 1959, Page 11
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134Where Lunik II Struck Press, Volume XCVIII, Issue 29002, 17 September 1959, Page 11
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