--- Patrick Wiggins <paw@wirelessbeehive.com> wrote:
So far the only confirmed SMART-1 impact sighting I have heard of was one in the infrared using a 3.6 meter scope in Hawaii. I have not heard of any _confirmed_ visible light sightings. Has anyone here heard different?
A guy in Australia, Peter Lipscomb, caught it. Here are his posts. - Canopus56 ============================ Newsgroups: sci.astro.amateur From: pslipsc...@gmail.com Subject: Smart-1 Impact - animated .gif Date: 3 Sep 2006 03:02:05 -0700 I managed to get set-up with the LX-90 and a ToUcam Pro for the crash of the Smart-1 probe on the lunar surface. Being unfamiliar with the topography around the Lake of Excellence, I took a whack at framing the area that I thought would be targeted. I could not lay a hand on my 6.3 reducer so I ended up getting it at f/10 instead. Oh, well...at least the clouds gave me a break. http://cosmonut.org/Smart-1.gif From: pslipsc...@gmail.com Newsgroups: sci.astro.amateur Subject: Re: Smart-1 Impact - animated .gif Date: 4 Sep 2006 09:47:19 -0700 Here is a link to compare the flash contours of my AVI and the data from the CFHT team. http://cosmonut.org/flashcontourcomparison.jpg I tried to keep the north (upper right) orientation, but I am unsure about the east-west axis. What do you think? __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com