Re: [Utah-astronomy] LCROSS
I watched from my driveway in Draper, through my 10" Dob. I did not see the plume, but I was very grateful for the excellent detailed instructions provided by Kurt Fisher, and the encouragement of all the SLAS folks. I'm glad I participated, even if by myself, and even without seeing the spectacle we all hoped for. I would do it again. Thanks!
All I can add is that at SPOC, I experienced a fine star party! Also, negative results can be important, and this mystery deserves more research. It was far from a flop, because we participated with many of the world's great observatories, sharing the same surprising result. Again, many thanks to Kurt. -- Joe --- On Sun, 10/11/09, Raeburn Kennard <rkennard@kmclaw.com> wrote: From: Raeburn Kennard <rkennard@kmclaw.com> Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] LCROSS To: "utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com" <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Date: Sunday, October 11, 2009, 12:45 AM I watched from my driveway in Draper, through my 10" Dob. I did not see the plume, but I was very grateful for the excellent detailed instructions provided by Kurt Fisher, and the encouragement of all the SLAS folks. I'm glad I participated, even if by myself, and even without seeing the spectacle we all hoped for. I would do it again. Thanks! _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list Utah-Astronomy@mailman.xmission.com http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Visit the Photo Gallery: http://www.slas.us/gallery2/main.php Visit the Wiki: http://www.utahastronomy.com
From what I read and simulations I saw , that Kurt provided, the plume was going to be a challenge to observe under the best circumstance. The most I expected to see was a slight brightening of the crater. NASA did seem to provide the media with simulations that where unrealistic, they made it seem like you would not need a telescope to see it. However, they did say, in the last few days, they doubted it would be visible in very many amateur telescopes.
The information Kurt provided was better than NASA seemed to provide the media. All I can add is that at SPOC, I experienced a fine star party! Also,
negative results can be important, and this mystery deserves more research. It was far from a flop, because we participated with many of the world's great observatories, sharing the same surprising result. Again, many thanks to Kurt. -- Joe
--- On Sun, 10/11/09, Raeburn Kennard <rkennard@kmclaw.com> wrote:
From: Raeburn Kennard <rkennard@kmclaw.com> Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] LCROSS To: "utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com" <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Date: Sunday, October 11, 2009, 12:45 AM
I watched from my driveway in Draper, through my 10" Dob. I did not see the plume, but I was very grateful for the excellent detailed instructions provided by Kurt Fisher, and the encouragement of all the SLAS folks. I'm glad I participated, even if by myself, and even without seeing the spectacle we all hoped for. I would do it again. Thanks! _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list Utah-Astronomy@mailman.xmission.com http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Visit the Photo Gallery: http://www.slas.us/gallery2/main.php Visit the Wiki: http://www.utahastronomy.com
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Raeburn Kennard