At 3 a.m. I was up and struggling through a most unsuccessful astrophotography session at the Wedge, complete with mosquitoes. Then today I managed to get a little sunburned while taking my stuff down. Oh well. PS: Has anyone made a little video of the last moments of the Japanese lunar orbiter? I'd love to see one. Thanks, Joe --- On Tue, 6/23/09, Patrick Wiggins <paw@wirelessbeehive.com> wrote: From: Patrick Wiggins <paw@wirelessbeehive.com> Subject: [Utah-astronomy] Anyone up and watching? To: "Utah Astronomy" <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Date: Tuesday, June 23, 2009, 3:09 AM It's just after 3.  Anyone up and watching the NASA coverage? patrick On 22 Jun 2009, at 16:02, Canopus56 wrote:

Patrick wrote:

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Thanks for the heads up Kurt. In addition to the webcast the event will also be covered live on NASA- TV (Dish Network channel 213): http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/MM_NTV_Breaking.html

Although this is all way past my bedtime, the NASA TV schedule lists beginning at 5am EDT (3am MDT) to 6:30am EDT (4:30am MDT) the LRO lunar orbit _insertion_ - which, if the cameras are on - should be pretty spectacular.  The broadcast I listed is for the LCROSS gravity assist lunar _flyby_ beginning at 5:20 PDT (4:20am MDT).  I don't see the LCROSS flyby on the NASA-TV schedule.

For you true insomnic TV-techno junkies on the list, you can have your dish HD-TV playing the LRO orbital insertion on one screen and the LCROSS lunar flyby on your hi-speed internet connection.

Way-too complicated for me and way too early - but it is a once-in-a-lifetime broadcast. Now if we can just bring back Walter Cronkite one last time to call the play-by-play before he passes on. -:)

- Kurt

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