LCROSS impact site

[Starman]

Here's a high-res (or as high as the conditions would allow!) mosaic of the LCROSS impact site taken on the morning of the 8th October.

[Beyond_Vision]

Fantastic image Pete and thanks for pointing out the impact site

Regards

Kevin

[Herakles]

Cool image . You gonna try get the impact shot Pete ?

[Starman]

I will try but I think the clouds are going to get the better of me if the current forecast is accurate

[Herakles]

tell me about it mate !!

Wonder if you can reverse a wind turbine to blow them all away ? lol

[Starman]

My C-14's outside in the Sun at the moment, completely misted up. Hopefully the Sun's heat will allow it to purge it's internal moisture otherwise it's off with the corrector plate (again!).

[Beyond_Vision]

Will this only be viewable in the states and pacific regions ?

[Herakles]

you never thought about doing the fan mod at the back Pete ?

They do seem to be prone ( at times ) to misting internally.

[Starman]

Yes it will be visible from the UK but you'll need a largish scope. Personally, I'd give it a try whatever you've got as it's a one off event, never to be repeated again.

No - never considered putting a fan at the back of the scope.

[rawhead]

I will try but I think the clouds are going to get the better of me if the current forecast is accurate

Good luck!

[jgs001]

Lovely capture Pete, nicely indicated. Good luck with capturing it... Given it's altitude I doubt I'll even be able to see the moon at the time of impact... Good luck Pete.

[ashenlight]

Excellent capture Pete. I am so disappointed I'll be out of the house and away from my telescope at the time of impact. I wasn't sure if I'd be able to see the plume with my 5" scope but I was going to give it a go anyway. It would have been something to just be able to say I was looking at the right spot at time of impact!

Looking forward to photos of it, if the weather plays ball for us all.

[dobserver]

We're planning on taking the 12" up to the edge of the Salisbury plain. Forecast says a few clouds and Stellarium shows the moon to be far enough above the horizon, so we might just be lucky! On the other hand.....

But it's got to be worth the effort, right? Imagine if we DID see it - how amazingly cool would that be?

Steph

[Starman]

That's exactly right Steph!

[barkis]

What's the name of the crater where the actual Impact is to occur Pete. Is it Shackleton, or was that just a candidate among others.

Thanks for the Informative Image, it is a good one in spite of the poor conditions in which you took it.

Ron..

[jgs001]

I think they changed it to Cabeus Ron.

[Starman]

Yes - it's Cabaeus

[barkis]

I see your red spot that marks that crater, but Cabaeus is not marked on the Lunar map I have.

It must be south of Drygalski.

Ron.

[AztecastroMcJ]

Quality pic Pete

cant wait to see some pics at impact

i'm sure main news will show some footage

prob tune in to Nasa TV as my 5" has no chance

is it about 11am British time?

will impact crater that it makes be visible after debris settles?

James

[keithatrochdale]

is it about 11am British time?

James

12.30 UK time

[arad85]

Rats. I've had to come into work today and the works firewall has blocked NASA.tv

[dobserver]

*sigh* total cloud cover here, so no point in even trying to see it for ourselves! Nasa TV here we come....

Steph

[ThorMaNN]

Got nasa.tv on here in work, hope the boss doesn't catch me

[Herakles]

Just watched it there live on Nasa , no plume that I could see on screen so doubting if earth based amateur scopes are gonna get this , I do so hope I am wrong on this tho'.

[SteveL]

Had a bunch of people standing behind me, watching my monitor. For me, its still exciting for when we see the results... for them, it was an anticlimax, no hollywood-style flash, explosion or dust plume.