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Toker Villain
Big Wall climber
Toquerville, Utah
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Topic Author's Original Post - Sep 2, 2006 - 12:25am PT
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10:40PM Pacific
Get out your telescopes. You're not gonna get many shows like this.
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JuanDeFuca
Big Wall climber
Stoney Point
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I have not heard of this.
Please Advise
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Voltzwgn
Trad climber
Sac CA
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Took some looking but here's some more info
When the SMART-1 (Small Missions for Advanced Research in Technology) spacecraft smashes into the lunar surface on September 3, it will provide some valuable information about the moon -- and the frequent impacts that take place there.
The European Space Agency (ESA), which built SMART-1, is still enlisting observers to capture images and data during the brief moment when the craft completes its spiraling descent and crashes into the Lake of Excellence (Lacus Excellentiae), a volcanic plain in the moon's southern mid-latitudes.
Even binoculars might be adequate for detecting the flash of light when the 366-kilogram craft hits the surface at about two kilometers per second. More importantly, though, bigger telescopes with high-speed video or spectroscopic detectors could provide important data about the lunar surface and the dynamics of such impacts in a vacuum.
The complete article here Flash
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Toker Villain
Big Wall climber
Toquerville, Utah
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 3, 2006 - 09:49pm PT
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I felt honor bound to see it and had the swarovskis at the ready, but after a day that left me sore which started before dawn I made it to within one hour and the second glass of wine snuck up behind me.
I woke up at 1:00am when the movie ended, went outside where the sky was clear, and cursed.
Damnit Jesus why couldn't you just leave the phucking water alone. Gotta go with Mel on this one (but JUST this one).
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roy
Social climber
New Zealand -> Santa Barbara
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I lined up a 4" telescope on that part of the moon and was looking at the right time; but no luck. It made a flash but I think that you needed a much larger telescope to see it. Photos on the web show a tiny explosion.
Cheers, Roy
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Toker Villain
Big Wall climber
Toquerville, Utah
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 3, 2006 - 11:57pm PT
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Saved again by the Ouch's Space Image Reporting of Unusual Stuff.
OSIRUS is an independent agency that exists to keep you, the climbing public, fully up to date of important events in your galaxy.
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