Austrinus It is the astronomy site of Farid Char.
This space was inaugurated on 11/25/2000 and its name means “austral” or “from the south” in Latin.

This name serves to better identify the origin of its contents, created from the Southern Hemisphere: 23°39' S and 70°25' W (Antofagasta, Chile).

In astronomy, the name is present in the constellation Pisces Austrinus.


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Demystification

Shall we get to the Moon?

Uneven shadows?

Fake: «Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin planting the US flag. (…) Aldrin's shadow (green arrow) is considerably longer than Armstrong's. Since the only light source on the Moon is sunlight, the shadows should not be uneven.»

TRUE: The difference in terrain height causes visual confusion and makes some shadows appear "uneven" compared to the rest; for example, elevated terrain produces an irregular projection of the shadow. Added to this is a perspective effect, with objects at different distances giving the impression of projecting different shapes to objects at a closer distance (as seen in the example image, using scale models of the lunar module and elevated terrain).


Shadow at 95 km high?

Fake: "According to NASA, the strange silhouette in the photo, taken from the Lunar Module 95 km above the lunar surface, is the shadow cast by the Command Module rocket. But when a large aircraft flies low over the Earth, it does not cast such huge and defined shadows."

TRUE: This is not the shadow of the Command Module. It is the silhouette of the Lunar Module's position control engines through the commander's window, as can be seen in the photo above.

A simple contrast and brightness treatment on the image reveals this fact much better, ruling out the possibility that it is a "gigantic shadow", but simply a close-up of one of the engines.

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Strange reflections?

Fake:
 «Buzz Aldrin is standing with the Sun at his back. On the Moon, the contrast between light and dark is very strong, and it would be impossible to see so many details of the suit. (…) Because there is no atmosphere on the Moon, visibility is clear, but here the astronaut's background is blurred. A strange object is reflected in the helmet, which has not been able to be determined.»

TRUE: The lunar void allows any illuminated object to reflect light with equal or greater intensity than the original source (the ground is brightly illuminated and the light reflects back towards Aldrin); Cameras cannot focus on the foreground and the horizon at the same time, which is why the background is blurred.

The reflected objects are (from left to right): Aldrin's Shadow, Solar Wind Experiment, Flag, Neil Armstrong, Lunar Module, and Aldrin's left arm.

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