LCROSS en route |
LCROSS en route |
Jul 15 2009, 03:08 PM
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Junior Member Group: Members Posts: 87 Joined: 9-November 07 Member No.: 3958 |
While we're waiting for Those Pictures, here are a couple of shots of LCROSS from our campus observatory last night (0221, 027 UT on 15 July). 4 minute exposures tracking expected motion from the Horizons ephemeris, within 20 degrees of the southern horizon and fighting summertime haze as well as city lights. I wanted to catch it before its inclined orbit takes it too far south, after which it spends a week or so as a predawn object. The range was about 563,000 km, and the Centaur is no bigger than a CSM/LM combination, so this is a more difficult target than spotting an Apollo enroute was. (On the other hand, nobody had CCD imagers in 1969).
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Oct 6 2009, 02:36 PM
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Solar System Cartographer Group: Members Posts: 10227 Joined: 5-April 05 From: Canada Member No.: 227 |
Ahh, good old Social Media! Lots of entertainment as we await the impact.
The LCROSS Facebook page has been invaded by 'Don't bomb the Moon' types. I can't believe anyone is that stupid, so I am forced to think it's all a joke. They are sitting around laughing at the people who respond seriously, which makes serious responses a waste of time. (Most space hoax stuff is the same, hardly anyone really believes it, especially those at the root of it) Meanwhile... it's no longer active but there was a very funny - intentionally funny - Fake LCROSS twitter account (you can get to it just by googling 'fake lcross'). Fake LCROSS fretted about his (or her?) impending doom, hoping against hope that the launch would be cancelled due to bad weather or other problems. Meanwhile, LCROSS proper has been twittering all along, and very well too in my opinion. Very informative posts, good links, and frequent updates. I'm quite impressed with this approach to outreach. Phil -------------------- ... because the Solar System ain't gonna map itself.
Also to be found posting similar content on https://mastodon.social/@PhilStooke Maps for download (free PDF: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/comm...Cartography.pdf NOTE: everything created by me which I post on UMSF is considered to be in the public domain (NOT CC, public domain) |
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