T minus 9 hrs. 10 min till impact. NASA TV coverage begins @ 1015 GMT (0315 PDT). Link to coverage here.

Separation image (inset) and interpretation (using Celestia add-on).
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You've had much better luck with simulating it in Celestia with that add-on than I. In Celestia, I had the moon behind the Centaur as seen from LCROSS, and there doesn't seem to be the moon in the live feed.

O.K. Bend over please.
This may sting a little.

(Ouch!!!!!!)

Astro0, what's the FOV of that Celestia view? Reason I ask is that the Moon wasn't visible in the post-separation raw images as far as I could see; just curious. (Great composition, BTW, as per your usual!)

(EDIT: I see that Hungry already mentioned that.)

Humph.

Stupid Moon.

Have to go to work, so I'll miss the whole thing.

(scuffs toes on ground)

Not fair.




Have fun everyone! Looking forward to hearing all about it when I get back.

nprev... I've got no idea of the FOV for that image...I just thought it looked nice and helped orient me to the 'real' image...not even sure if it's right! Remember me I'm the 'artist' not the scientist

Is this the terminator of the moon in the lower-left corner of the IR image? If so, it may suggest either a very narrow FOV, or simply that the moon is quite off-centre from the image.

http://www.nasa.gov/externalflash/lcross-c...separation2.jpg

Here's the moon as I see it now, ignorant mode here, where's the impact site in this photo?

Haha, it's the very southern point in that image. I don't suspect your image is detailed enough to resolve Cabeus crater.

It's at the left tip of the lighted side in that image Rui/

Thanks guys!

Tee Hee

Every time I see the impact story on the news, the media tends to over play the impact.

I can already see that. Bombing the Moon, that's it. Fortunately or not, we're living in a sci-fi shaped world. And there are people who are afraid of the impact. But there's no danger. Impacts occur very often.

Good morning all.

Broadcast starts in a minute:

http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/index.html

Can't watch video at work . I'll make do with JSC stills.

I usually take snapshots, but I'm also at work and don't have the graphics programs. I'll try however to do the best I can from here.

Recent Twitter post:

SSC_Final_ME_sph = 310.52235358536 E -84.7311739853509
about 1 hour ago from web
LCROSS Centaur and SSC target coordinates (Lat., Lon. in ME): Centaur_Final_ME_sph = 311.302088477883 E -84.6743872273512
about 1 hour ago from web

I see they are targeting an individual molecule...

Phil

If that's a water molecule is that such a bad thing?

The target molecule will probably be destroyed. Perhaps they're hoping to detect the water molecules adjacent to that one?

Moon!

Don't know if it was the Moon imaged by the previous flyby or a live downlink. Too noisy here.

All instruments are operating nominally, that's great news, great chance of getting data!

Live - and getting bigger!

Sounded live to me. the scientist being interviewed was quite emotional when asked his feeling at the time it was shown. He said he was feeling [many] emotions at the same time.

I didn't realise Hubble was going to be observing things!

Yes, this is the Moon seen by LCROSS in real time!

Yet another screenshot coming. Unfortunately I won't be able to combine them all - no graphics programs here.

Which crater is Cabeus in that screenshot?

Asked if they can pick out the target, the scientists said it's still too far away for them to pick it out.

It really reminds you how big the moon is when you consider how long left there is and that the moon is already filling up the entire frame, we always consider the moon small next to earth but in it's own right it's still enormous.

Can anybody spot Cabeus in the LCROSS view? Having trouble getting oriented this morning, even with coffee

Live view from the IR camera!

YAWN .... I am tired! Going to watch on the large screen TV. I'll check back here in a while.

Okay, nevermind, here is what I could put together:

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In the current view on screen now, Cabeus is just below and to the left of center

'Mornin' everyone. Just got the NASA feed working on my computer; @#$% cable company here STILL don't carry NASA TV.

(The marine layer has torpedoed plans to set up my scope!)

try this link !

http://www.mmto.org/lcross/

(Are we supposed to eat peanuts now?)

Visible...



And IR image...

Be careful. Even if NASA TV doesn't show up on your digital cable box lineup, NASA TV may still be available over clearQAM by plugging the coax directly into your TV. That's the case here in Tucson with Cox Cable. In Tucson, it's on channel 72-4.

Bit humorous there when they went thru the station checks and concluded with "go for impact". It's not like they can scrub...

(Are we supposed to eat peanuts now?)


NO! Eating peanuts during a crash (even when deliberate) confuses the flying spaghetti monster and then he won't be able to be relied upon to guide our future soft landing missions down safely with his noodly appendage.

The image is growing visibly frame by frame. This is so cool....

Thanks for the link, MahFL! Slooh was rained and clouded out at both locations.

Cloudy here...

Latest snapshot

And poor Stu is missing it!

Impact flash! Woot!

EDIT: err. maybe not... that's just a surface feature...

ehhhhhh, did I miss it? I didn't see a thing on the video.