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Oct 6 2009, 04:12 PM
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Senior Member Group: Admin Posts: 4763 Joined: 15-March 05 From: Glendale, AZ Member No.: 197 |
impact is Oct 9, 7:30am-ish local time with the sun up here in Boston....don't think I going to see anything (sun rises at 6:50am). West Coast Amateurs : you are our only hope! Well I don't have any decent equipment set up, but I'll put my Canon SLR on a tripod with a 300mm and start firing off the 700 images that fit on the 4G card just prior to the impact and that should take me several minutes down the road, though I seriously doubt anything will be visible at that macro scale. S'pose I could also put my video camera on full zoom which will be similar to the 300mm SLR. But I'm hoping it will be carried live somewhere. Anyone know if NASA TV has planned a feed of anything useful for that time slot? -------------------- If Occam had heard my theory, things would be very different now.
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Oct 6 2009, 05:23 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 311 Joined: 31-August 05 From: Florida & Texas, USA Member No.: 482 |
But I'm hoping it will be carried live somewhere. Anyone know if NASA TV has planned a feed of anything useful for that time slot? I saw this on the NASA link: a list of public viewing opportunities. http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/LCROSS/i...vent_index.html NASA TV will also show it: LCROSS Lunar Impact 7:31 a.m. EDT/4:31 a.m. PDT Friday Oct. 9 An approximately 1.5 hour Live NASA TV Broadcast is planned for the LCROSS impacts starting at 6:15 a.m. EDT/3:15 a.m. PDT, Oct. 9, on NASA TV and www.nasa.gov/ntv. The broadcast includes: Live footage from spacecraft camera Real-time telemetry based animation Views of LCROSS Mission and Science Operations Broadcast commentary with expert guests Prepared video segments Views of the public impact viewing event at NASA Ames Possible live footage from the University of Hawaii, 88-inch telescope on Mauna Kea. The live LCROSS Post-Impact News Conference will be 10 a.m. EDT/7 a.m. PDT on NASA TV and www.nasa.gov/ntv. It looks like viewing should be good for most of the western USA/Canada. It'll be dark here in Dallas, TX, but right on the edge of dawn... well, with light pollution it's always on the edge of dawn. It'd be nice to head west a bit, like to the party in San Angelo, to get the high contrast sky. I just have a 3.5" Schmidt-Cassi, so I'm torn between trying to watch it live on the web or my toy-scope. |
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Oct 6 2009, 06:09 PM
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Forum Contributor Group: Members Posts: 1372 Joined: 8-February 04 From: North East Florida, USA. Member No.: 11 |
"NASA to Bomb the Moon Friday "
Good god...... "....on a mission to fire a missile into the south pole of the moon that is twice the speed of a bullet..." nice reporting.... Link. |
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Oct 6 2009, 06:30 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2173 Joined: 28-December 04 From: Florida, USA Member No.: 132 |
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Oct 6 2009, 09:52 PM
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The Poet Dude Group: Moderator Posts: 5551 Joined: 15-March 04 From: Kendal, Cumbria, UK Member No.: 60 |
I just have a 3.5" Schmidt-Cassi, so I'm torn between trying to watch it live on the web or my toy-scope. DEFINITELY go watch it! For one thing, if it turns out that the plume WAS visible in a smaller scope, and you missed it cos you didn't even try, you will never forgive yourself. Also, even if you don't see anything you can still look back in years to come and enjoy the fact that you were watching the Moon at the time of the impact, which is quite historic, right? You can watch re-runs of anything picked up by biggers scopes afterwards. -------------------- |
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Oct 7 2009, 12:05 AM
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Merciless Robot Group: Admin Posts: 8784 Joined: 8-December 05 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 602 |
Okay, I'm convinced. Gonna dust off the ol' NexStar 8 & go for it!
Frankly, I'm more concerned about it being washed out by the high-phase Moonshine; if it was @ a quarter or less, I'd be more confident about catching it. Guessing that this particular geometry offers better forecasted plume illumination for the spacecraft? -------------------- A few will take this knowledge and use this power of a dream realized as a force for change, an impetus for further discovery to make less ancient dreams real.
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Oct 7 2009, 08:52 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 593 Joined: 20-April 05 Member No.: 279 |
I suspect it won't be up to Gervase of Canterbury's report from 1178:
QUOTE This year on the 18th of June, when the Moon, a slim crescent, first became visible, a marvellous phenomenon was seen by several men who were watching it. Suddenly, the upper horn of the crescent was split in two. From the mid point of the division, a flaming torch sprang up, spewing out over a considerable distance fire, hot coals and sparks. The body of the Moon which was below, writhed like a wounded snake. This happened a dozen times or more, and when the Moon returned to normal, the whole crescent took on a blackish appearance. Andy |
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Oct 8 2009, 11:50 AM
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Forum Contributor Group: Members Posts: 1372 Joined: 8-February 04 From: North East Florida, USA. Member No.: 11 |
A far far better report. Good to see media coverage.
Link I can't watch video at work so I'll have to do with this. KSC still. |
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Oct 8 2009, 05:38 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2173 Joined: 28-December 04 From: Florida, USA Member No.: 132 |
LCROSS audio briefing HERE.
QUOTE Thursday, Oct. 8, 2:30 p.m. EDT LCROSS Pre-Impact Briefing NASA will hold a pre-impact media teleconference on Thursday, Oct. 8 at 2:30 p.m. from NASA's Ames Research Center at Moffett Field, Calif., which will provide a mission update and discuss what to expect as the Centaur upper stage rocket and the LCROSS spacecraft impact Cabeus crater, near the lunar south pole. |
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Oct 8 2009, 07:44 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1641 Joined: 5-March 05 From: Boulder, CO Member No.: 184 |
Wonder if there are any flyover movies (or sequence of views) that illustrate both the zenith view and the Earth perspective in a way that transitions from one to the other? I may try with Celestia using a relatively hi-res map.
-------------------- Steve [ my home page and planetary maps page ]
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Oct 8 2009, 07:52 PM
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Solar System Cartographer Group: Members Posts: 10170 Joined: 5-April 05 From: Canada Member No.: 227 |
-------------------- ... 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 PD: 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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Oct 8 2009, 08:14 PM
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Merciless Robot Group: Admin Posts: 8784 Joined: 8-December 05 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 602 |
AAACKKK!!!! I thought he was gonna drop out of the public eye & re-evaluate himself, but noooo....
(Killer, Phil! ) -------------------- A few will take this knowledge and use this power of a dream realized as a force for change, an impetus for further discovery to make less ancient dreams real.
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Oct 8 2009, 09:14 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1641 Joined: 5-March 05 From: Boulder, CO Member No.: 184 |
Here's a crude attempt at animating the lunar perspective with Celestia. It rotates from the Earth view to a more zenithal view over the impact site. The site is marked with a faint yellow paintbrush stroke if you look carefully.
http://laps.noaa.gov/albers/lcross.avi Steve |
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Oct 8 2009, 11:13 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2173 Joined: 28-December 04 From: Florida, USA Member No.: 132 |
"NASA to Bomb the Moon Friday " Good god...... Link. I sent an e-mail, don't know if others did also. The title still stands but the line I found most offensive has been changed. From: "NASA's going for full impact Friday, firing a bomb-laden missile at the moon in a dramatic search for water." To: "NASA's going for full impact Friday, firing a missile at the moon in a dramatic search for water." The sub-title may also have been changed, I can't remember what it was. |
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Oct 9 2009, 02:15 AM
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Merciless Robot Group: Admin Posts: 8784 Joined: 8-December 05 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 602 |
-------------------- A few will take this knowledge and use this power of a dream realized as a force for change, an impetus for further discovery to make less ancient dreams real.
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