[Offtopic] Re: Japanese Spacecraft Set to Hit the Moon

[Roland Gesthuizen]

The following link has some photographs of the lunar collision taken by some
Astronomers at the Anglo Australia Telescope .. working back late, as they
do best :-)

Regards Roland (from a rather overcast Melbourne and wearing a warm footy
scarf)


---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Rob Hollow <Robert.Hollow at csiro.au>
> Date: 2009/6/12
> Subject: Re: Japanese Spacecraft lunar impact
> To: Roland Gesthuizen <rgesthuizen at gmail.com>
>
> Hi Roland, astronomers on the AAT imaged it:
> http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/Mwtzns-myaARFavL9a8ycg?feat=directlink
>
> Cheers
>
> Rob
>
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2009/6/10 Roland Gesthuizen <rgesthuizen at gmail.com>

> If you are reading this on Thursday morning, the collision has already
> happened and you can probably view the pictures (if any).
>
>      http://spaceweather.com/
>
> At least my WA friends will not have to stay up as late as I must in
> Melbourne to glimpse of the Japanese Spacecraft that is predicted to impact
> on the lunar surface. I will be poking my head outside with a telescope and
> battle the clouds and cold to spot the lunar impact on the top LHS (turning
> their diagram upside down for the southern hemisphere) From my copy of the
> open source software Stellarium, the Moon will be to the NE and about 80
> degrees high (just look up .. no need to use the sofware like I did!)
>
> This makes the impact time for Melbourne: Thursday, June 11, 2009 at
> 4:30:00 AM or Perth Thursday, June 11, 2009 at 2:30:00 AM
>
> As my wife points out, the last time she looked at space junk in WA, it was
> Skylab with no space repellent to keep the debris away. Dont expect any
> debris clouds spiraling back or blinding flash... just a vague chance of
> spotting something through binoculars or largish telescope. We lost ours
> with the Gippsland bush fires that ran through our school camp back in
> February so I am relying on one that a friend loaned me. Fingers crossed ..
>
> Kaguya is a big spaceship. It masses 2,900 kg and will hit the Moon at an
> oblique angle traveling approximately 6,000 km/hr. Whether it tumbles and
> bounces along the lunar surface or runs headlong into some towering crater
> wall, no one can say. Clues to the end of Kaguya will come on June 10th in
> the form of an explosive flash (or lack thereof) and high-res images of the
> crash site taken by future lunar orbiters.
>
>
> If nothing happens, just wave your fist at the moon and get back to writing
> reports.
>
> Regards Roland
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: SpaceWeather.com <swlist at spaceweather.com>
> Date: 2009/6/10
> Subject: Japanese Spacecraft Set to Hit the Moon
> To: "SpaceWeather.com" <swlist at spaceweather.com>
>
>
> Space Weather News for June 10, 2009
> http://spaceweather.com
>
> IMPACT ALERT: Japan's Kaguya will crash into the Moon on Wednesday, June
> 10th, around 1830 UT. The timing favors observers in Asia and Australia, who
> might be able to see a flash of light or a plume of debris rising from the
> Moon's southeastern limb.  The spacecraft masses 2,600 kg and it will slam
> into the lunar surface at 6,000 km/hr.  No one knows, however, how bright
> the flash might be or whether it will be visible even through large
> telescopes.  Images of the crash, if any are captured, will be posted on
> http://spaceweather.com .
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> --
> Roland Gesthuizen - ICT Coordinator - Westall Secondary College
> http://www.westallsc.vic.edu.au
>
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> Mead
>



-- 
Roland Gesthuizen - ICT Coordinator - Westall Secondary College
http://www.westallsc.vic.edu.au

"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change
the world; indeed it is the only thing that ever has." --Margaret Mead
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