LCROSS Lunar Impact |
LCROSS Lunar Impact |
 Oct 9 2009, 02:19 AM
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T minus 9 hrs. 10 min till impact. NASA TV coverage begins @ 1015 GMT (0315 PDT). Link to coverage here.
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Oct 9 2009, 01:52 PM
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Somewhere way back, someone had posted an animated GIF showing a lunar impact as seen through a telescope. There was a tiny flash (you could almost imagine it going "piff").
I'd assumed that vaporizing a football field worth of lunar regolith would've made a bigger flash and a sunlit dust plume. Guess not.... -------------------- Some higher resolution images available at my photostream: http://www.flickr.com/photos/31678681@N07/
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Oct 9 2009, 02:39 PM
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QUOTE (Juramike @ Oct 9 2009, 08:52 AM)  ....I'd assumed that vaporizing a football field worth of lunar regolith would've made a bigger flash and a sunlit dust plume.... Are you referring to the LCROSS crater? That was predicted to be 60 meters in diameter. It would take about 15 of those to cover a football field. To everyone: I hope the press conference has dispelled the uncharacteristic negative attitudes I see expressed in many of the post impact comments. |
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nprev LCROSS Lunar Impact Oct 9 2009, 02:19 AM
Astro0 Separation image (inset) and interpretation (using... Oct 9 2009, 03:06 AM Hungry4info You've had much better luck with simulating it... Oct 9 2009, 03:11 AM Shaka O.K. Bend over please.
This may sting a little. Oct 9 2009, 03:19 AM nprev (Ouch!!!!!!)
Astro0, wh... Oct 9 2009, 04:15 AM
Hungry4info QUOTE (nprev @ Oct 8 2009, 11:15 PM) ...R... Oct 9 2009, 07:12 AM Stu Humph.
Stupid Moon.
Have to go to work, so I... Oct 9 2009, 05:51 AM Astro0 nprev... I've got no idea of the FOV for that ... Oct 9 2009, 06:26 AM ustrax Here's the moon as I see it now, ignorant mode... Oct 9 2009, 07:16 AM ElkGroveDan QUOTE (ustrax @ Oct 9 2009, 12:16 AM) Her... Oct 9 2009, 07:25 AM ustrax Thanks guys! Oct 9 2009, 08:43 AM Hungry4info Haha, it's the very southern point in that ima... Oct 9 2009, 07:22 AM Decepticon Tee Hee Oct 9 2009, 08:53 AM Decepticon Every time I see the impact story on the news, the... Oct 9 2009, 09:34 AM ToSeek QUOTE (Decepticon @ Oct 9 2009, 04:34 AM)... Oct 9 2009, 11:49 AM Zvezdichko I can already see that. Bombing the Moon, that... Oct 9 2009, 09:38 AM MahFL Good morning all. Oct 9 2009, 10:04 AM Zvezdichko Broadcast starts in a minute:
http://www.nasa.gov... Oct 9 2009, 10:14 AM MahFL Can't watch video at work . I'll make do w... Oct 9 2009, 10:22 AM Zvezdichko I usually take snapshots, but I'm also at work... Oct 9 2009, 10:25 AM Phil Stooke Recent Twitter post:
SSC_Final_ME_sph = 310.52235... Oct 9 2009, 10:26 AM volcanopele If that's a water molecule is that such a bad ... Oct 9 2009, 10:30 AM Hungry4info The target molecule will probably be destroyed. Pe... Oct 9 2009, 10:37 AM Zvezdichko Moon!
Don't know if it was the Moon image... Oct 9 2009, 10:45 AM AndyG Live - and getting bigger! Oct 9 2009, 10:49 AM centsworth_II QUOTE (Zvezdichko @ Oct 9 2009, 05:45 AM)... Oct 9 2009, 10:50 AM Zvezdichko All instruments are operating nominally, that... Oct 9 2009, 10:48 AM deefatman I didn't realise Hubble was going to be observ... Oct 9 2009, 10:50 AM Zvezdichko Yes, this is the Moon seen by LCROSS in real time... Oct 9 2009, 10:54 AM volcanopele Which crater is Cabeus in that screenshot? Oct 9 2009, 11:00 AM centsworth_II QUOTE (volcanopele @ Oct 9 2009, 06:00 AM... Oct 9 2009, 11:09 AM Zvezdichko RE: LCROSS Lunar Impact Oct 9 2009, 11:00 AM deefatman It really reminds you how big the moon is when you... Oct 9 2009, 11:10 AM elakdawalla Can anybody spot Cabeus in the LCROSS view? Havin... Oct 9 2009, 11:11 AM Zvezdichko Live view from the IR camera! Oct 9 2009, 11:12 AM ElkGroveDan YAWN .... I am tired! Going to watch on the l... Oct 9 2009, 11:13 AM volcanopele Okay, nevermind, here is what I could put together... Oct 9 2009, 11:15 AM volcanopele In the current view on screen now, Cabeus is just ... Oct 9 2009, 11:16 AM nprev 'Mornin' everyone. Just got the NASA feed ... Oct 9 2009, 11:17 AM MahFL try this link !
http://www.mmto.org/lcross/ Oct 9 2009, 11:18 AM volcanopele QUOTE (nprev @ Oct 9 2009, 04:17 AM) ... Oct 9 2009, 11:22 AM Juramike (Are we supposed to eat peanuts now?) Oct 9 2009, 11:18 AM Zvezdichko Visible...
And IR image... Oct 9 2009, 11:19 AM mchan Bit humorous there when they went thru the station... Oct 9 2009, 11:27 AM deglr6328 (Are we supposed to eat peanuts now?)
NO! E... Oct 9 2009, 11:29 AM Juramike The image is growing visibly frame by frame. This... Oct 9 2009, 11:29 AM volcanopele Thanks for the link, MahFL! Slooh was rained ... Oct 9 2009, 11:29 AM Zvezdichko Latest snapshot Oct 9 2009, 11:29 AM AndyG And poor Stu is missing it! Oct 9 2009, 11:31 AM volcanopele Impact flash! Woot!
EDIT: err. maybe not... Oct 9 2009, 11:32 AM deglr6328 ehhhhhh, did I miss it? I didn't see a thing o... Oct 9 2009, 11:39 AM Zvezdichko This is probably the thermal confirmation, I think Oct 9 2009, 11:40 AM deefatman I didn't see anything either Oct 9 2009, 11:40 AM nprev I didn't see anything...
but the R/T lithobrak... Oct 9 2009, 11:40 AM MahFL I saw NOTHING !!!!, thats my story... Oct 9 2009, 11:42 AM Hungry4info I never saw an impact flash (at least one that I r... Oct 9 2009, 11:41 AM nprev NASA TV showing the IR now. There's a hotspot,... Oct 9 2009, 11:42 AM ElkGroveDan I'm going back to bed. You kids woke me up fo... Oct 9 2009, 11:44 AM Zvezdichko Is this the hot spot anyway? Oct 9 2009, 11:44 AM centsworth_II QUOTE (Zvezdichko @ Oct 9 2009, 06:44 AM)... Oct 9 2009, 11:46 AM deglr6328 I think that's just a sunlit crater rim nprev.... Oct 9 2009, 11:46 AM tanjent One of the commentators identified that hotspot as... Oct 9 2009, 11:47 AM Elias QUOTE (tanjent @ Oct 9 2009, 01:47 PM) On... Oct 9 2009, 11:49 AM NGC3314 Some of us were doing an image sequence with a 0.9... Oct 9 2009, 11:54 AM stewjack 10 a.m. - LCROSS Post-Impact News Conference - AME... Oct 9 2009, 11:56 AM Doc I too failed to see anything. You should have hear... Oct 9 2009, 11:57 AM deglr6328 oh well, that was anticlimactic. As it's going... Oct 9 2009, 11:59 AM nprev I'm already dreading the headlines: "NASA... Oct 9 2009, 12:04 PM Zvezdichko I'm very sorry you felt disappointed. I can un... Oct 9 2009, 12:15 PM Hungry4info QUOTE (Zvezdichko @ Oct 9 2009, 07:15 AM)... Oct 9 2009, 12:18 PM mchan from discussion on nasaspaceflight forum --
http:... Oct 9 2009, 12:24 PM Hungry4info I recall hearing that science return aside, they w... Oct 9 2009, 12:25 PM Astro0 From LCROSS shortly after Centaur impact...
Last... Oct 9 2009, 12:29 PM Hungry4info Oh definitely, absence of the Centaur impact aside... Oct 9 2009, 12:34 PM nprev !, mchan!
Oh, I'm not disappointed pe... Oct 9 2009, 12:35 PM MahFL I would say it's a safe bet if water is found ... Oct 9 2009, 12:39 PM Astro0 For anyone interested, there is an archived versio... Oct 9 2009, 12:40 PM Hungry4info NASA news conference at 10 AM EDT
They've got ... Oct 9 2009, 12:41 PM MahFL Maybe they impacted a lunar bog ? Oct 9 2009, 12:51 PM Hungry4info Quote David Morrison, Director of NASA's Lunar... Oct 9 2009, 12:53 PM climber May be it was a splash, not a kaboum: this has to ... Oct 9 2009, 01:00 PM Phil Stooke http://www.mmto.org/lcross/
Go here for streamimg... Oct 9 2009, 01:09 PM elakdawalla QUOTE (Phil Stooke @ Oct 9 2009, 06:09 AM... Oct 9 2009, 01:33 PM MahFL I was watching MMT and the closeup did seem a bit ... Oct 9 2009, 01:34 PM Hungry4info Nothing from Lick
http://www.universetoday.com/200... Oct 9 2009, 01:25 PM AndyG QUOTE (Hungry4info @ Oct 9 2009, 02:25 PM... Oct 9 2009, 01:40 PM Littlebit Maybe they missed the target;) Oct 9 2009, 01:44 PM ilbasso I was somewhat bemused by the confusion over the c... Oct 9 2009, 01:56 PM Astro0 Going back over the video, there was something in ... Oct 9 2009, 01:59 PM AndyG Mmmm ... I've seen spacecraft disappear into c... Oct 9 2009, 02:03 PM dilo Rough animation from the frames of last 2 minutes ... Oct 9 2009, 02:31 PM elakdawalla Oh how I wish Ames was as on the ball as JPL is wi... Oct 9 2009, 02:14 PM Astro0 There was a 'flash'
Here's the missi... Oct 9 2009, 02:21 PM clad I´ve a comment about the poor media coverage of th... Oct 9 2009, 02:24 PM Juramike Interesting comment regarding the integrated spect... Oct 9 2009, 02:38 PM Doc Indeed there was a flash. Hardly more than a few p... Oct 9 2009, 02:44 PM MahFL Yes but the whole episode was over-hyped. Todays p... Oct 9 2009, 02:48 PM centsworth_II QUOTE (MahFL @ Oct 9 2009, 09:48 AM) A pi... Oct 9 2009, 02:51 PM |
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