[meteorite-list] Lcross Event

[Linton Rohr]

Count,
I had clear sky and very good seeing, but I wasn't able to spot the plume, 
here in SoCal. Apparently, I was not the only one. That's comforting...I 
thought it was just me. I'm fairly sure I had the right crater, but I was 
glancing at a couple other shadowed craters nearby, just to hedge my bets. 
'Twas a first-time experiment and it didn't quite pan out as they planned. 
Scientifically though, I believe the mission was a success. As a side note, 
I was amazed at the dozens of TINY craters I could see in Clavius.
No regrets...I had a great time trying.
Linton

14.5" Starmaster w/6mm Ethos (300x)




> Date: Fri, 9 Oct 2009 07:57:11 -0400 (EDT)
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> Hello List,
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> Did anyone in North America watch the Lcross Impact at 4:31 PDT? I did 
> with NASA TV and a 100 power scope. Nada...zilch...I saw nothing. I 
> thought we were going to be able to see the ejecta cloud. I didn't see 
> anything on NASA's Flash or IR cameras either. Wha hoppen?
>
> Count Deiro