Moon impact

[markse68]

Japanese astronomers caught a lunar impact on Thursday- wonder if we’ll be able to identify a new crater? 

“I was able to catch the biggest lunar impact flash in my observation history! This is a picture of the lunar impact flash that appeared at 20:14:30.8 on February 23, 2023, taken from my home in Hiratsuka (replayed at actual speed). It was a huge flash that continued to shine for more than 1 second. Since the moon has no atmosphere, meteors and fireballs cannot be seen, and the moment a crater is formed, it glows.”

Mark

[Mr Magoo]

Very impressive, thanks for the heads up. Like you. I will wait to see if it resulted in a new crater, an interesting piece of investigative work for somebody. Afraid I'm not much of an expert on the Moons surface.

[Elbasso]

Very cool. I was literally just looking at my moon pictures from last year and thinking it's time to give it another go. 

Now I'm certainly going to do that to check if I can spot the impact. 

[markse68]

should be close to the terminator tonight

Mark