Reposted from the LCROSS observation newsgroup ------------------ From: XB70man Date: Sun, 12 Jul 2009 11:04:40 -0700 (PDT) Local: Sun, Jul 12 2009 12:04 pm Subject: Imaging Opportunities at Impact lighting conditions Over the next few months, there are some good opportunities to image the south pole of the Moon at similar lighting and libration conditions as on Impact Day. I urge everyone with high-resolution planetary imaging capability to attempt a detailed image that can be posted on the NASA website to guide would-be imagers/videographers to the impact location. Many of the images posted on GoogleGroups had positive lighting (Moon Waxing-to-Full) which would make locationg the impact location with certainty difficult. Table is for the West Coast (San Jose, CA) - but close enough for the continental USA. Adjust times accordingly --- Date Time (PDT) % Illum. Latitude Libration (°) July 13 0:04:00am PDT -70.80 -4.89 (Tomorrow Morning!) Aug 11 00:04:00am PDT -75.02 -5.95 Aug 11 05:04:00am PDT -73.65 -6.41 Aug 12 00:04:00am PDT -65.46 -6.06 Sep 10 00:04:00am PDT -69.01 -5.37 Oct 9 04:30:00am PDT -70.81 -3.59 IMPACT! As you can see, tomorrow morning and September 10th are the closest matches for lighting conditions. A GUIDE CD-ROM screenshot of the south pole of the Moon for tomorrow morning is at: /group/lcross_observation/web/Guide%20LCROSS%2020090713%200004PST.jpg Best of luck! Rick Baldridge LCROSS Google-Groups Moderator -------------------- [P.S. by Kurt - corrected url to the guide screen shot is: http://01227941410742638900-a-g.googlegroups.com/web/Guide%20LCROSS%20200907... or http://groups.google.com/group/lcross_observation/web/Guide%20LCROSS%2020090... - Kurt]