13 Jun
2005
13 Jun
'05
11:05 p.m.
Canopus56 wrote:
Patrick, I believe you had mentioned at a SLAS meeting that in a Solar System Ambassador briefing, NASA said that the impact would not be visible from Utah.
Hi, "...not be visible...", in this case, means that while it'll be above the horizon, being so low in the sky, so faint and diffuse I'd be very surprised if the casual observer will be able to pick it out (we had trouble seeing it the other night with the Big Scope). Then again, maybe after the impact it will brighten so impressively that it might be visible after all (but I'm not holding my breath). Rob in Maui will have about the best land based seat available. It will be interesting to see if he sees anything. Patrick