LCross Moon Impact Live Viewing...One Giant 'Thud' for Mankind
Posted by mortal
Check for your local times. 9-30pm AEST (11-30 UT)
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or NASA TV on the NASA website.
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Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 10/09/2009 11:13AM by mortal.
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or NASA TV on the NASA website.
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)No probs, the GLP nutcase conspiracy forum is going off tonight because of this, wckos predicting the moon will explode and or the aliens will attack, bring on the DOOM lol!
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Countdown here [www.nasa.gov]
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Another hour to go.
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[www.gp4central.com] <----GP4 CentralLUNAR IMPACT IMMINENT: NASA's LCROSS spacecraft and its Centaur booster rocket are on course for a crash landing in crater Cabeus near the Moon's south pole less than an hour from now. The Centaur will strike first at 11:31:19 UT (4:31:19 PDT), followed by the LCROSS mothership at 11:35:45 UT (4:35:45). The spectacular double-impact will be broadcast live on NASA TV.
On Thursday morning, Oct. 8th, amateur astronomer Pete Lawrence photographed the impact site from his backyard observatory in Selsey UK. The red dot marks the spot:
"I used NASA's pointing chart to find target crater Cabeus," says Lawrence.
NASA hopes many amateur astronomers will be watching on Friday. "The more eyes the better," says LCROSS team member Brian Day of NASA/Ames. "We've never done this before and surprises are possible." US sky watchers west of the Mississippi river are favored with darkness and good views of the Moon at the time of the impacts.
To observers on Earth, the initial flashes of light marking the destruction of the two spacecraft will be hidden by crater walls. The debris plumes, however, should be visible in 10-inch class telescopes as they rise 10 km high above the rim of Cabeus. Note the shadows behind the red dot in Lawrence's image. The sunlit plumes will be highlighted by that dark backdrop: observing tips.
The impacts are designed to excavate frozen water from the cold and shadowy floor of crater Cabeus. Moon water is valuable stuff. It costs about $30,000 to rocket a liter of water from Earth to the Moon. If NASA could find water already on the Moon, it would save a lot of money for future thirsty colonists. H2O also can be split into O2 for breathing and H2 for rocket fuel.
Evidence of water will be sought in the plumes of debris that billow out of Cabeus. The Hubble Space Telescope, NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, and several great telescopes on Earth will monitor the plumes for spectral signs of water (H2O) or water fragments (OH). Some results could be available only hours after the impacts, so stay tuned.
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On Thursday morning, Oct. 8th, amateur astronomer Pete Lawrence photographed the impact site from his backyard observatory in Selsey UK. The red dot marks the spot:
"I used NASA's pointing chart to find target crater Cabeus," says Lawrence.
NASA hopes many amateur astronomers will be watching on Friday. "The more eyes the better," says LCROSS team member Brian Day of NASA/Ames. "We've never done this before and surprises are possible." US sky watchers west of the Mississippi river are favored with darkness and good views of the Moon at the time of the impacts.
To observers on Earth, the initial flashes of light marking the destruction of the two spacecraft will be hidden by crater walls. The debris plumes, however, should be visible in 10-inch class telescopes as they rise 10 km high above the rim of Cabeus. Note the shadows behind the red dot in Lawrence's image. The sunlit plumes will be highlighted by that dark backdrop: observing tips.
The impacts are designed to excavate frozen water from the cold and shadowy floor of crater Cabeus. Moon water is valuable stuff. It costs about $30,000 to rocket a liter of water from Earth to the Moon. If NASA could find water already on the Moon, it would save a lot of money for future thirsty colonists. H2O also can be split into O2 for breathing and H2 for rocket fuel.
Evidence of water will be sought in the plumes of debris that billow out of Cabeus. The Hubble Space Telescope, NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, and several great telescopes on Earth will monitor the plumes for spectral signs of water (H2O) or water fragments (OH). Some results could be available only hours after the impacts, so stay tuned.
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LOL, me too!
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