22 Jul
2009
22 Jul
'09
8:29 a.m.
I am not currently in a position to be able to observe on work nights, but since I observed the SL-9 impacts back in '94 quite extensively, I can say that even the smaller impact sites were easily visible in a 10" Newtonian. If this impact scar is the approximate same size and has a similar contrast to the smaller SL-9 impacts, you should be able to see it in at least a 6" given halfway decent seeing. I still have video clips of the SL-9 impacts shot through my 10", but since they are on video tape, I have no idea how to capture them and transfer them to digital format.