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11-06-2009, 05:00 AM
Geoff
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: South Tacoma NSW
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Nothing to see but a spectacular frosty morning
Very glad to be out in it
11-06-2009, 05:02 AM
Registered User
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Location: Monto
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Gotta agree with you Daniel.
I'm glad I set up too. We may not have seen it but we were there when it happened.
Venus and Mars looked very pretty rising above the trees too. (now I have that song locked in my head
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11-06-2009, 05:04 AM
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I wonder how Jonathan went with his 20"?
11-06-2009, 05:08 AM
Shadow Chaser
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Moonee Beach
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Jonathan did just fine...
... but saw nothing!
I noted the re-appearence of an 11.5 mag star a few mins ago, so if anything happened, it had to be fainter than than.
Good Morning everyone
11-06-2009, 05:13 AM
Registered User
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Location: Monto
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Oh well.
I see you had a couple of people watching your live stream. So that's good.
11-06-2009, 05:23 AM
Registered User
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Bright, Vic, Australia
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Nothing here - clear & fffffrosty, but had a 'technical' malfunction which meant I missed everything (or anything)!!
Cheers -
11-06-2009, 05:25 AM
Shadow Chaser
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Moonee Beach
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Given the oblique angle, chances are that it fudded into a crater wall!
I gave up broadcasting on Ustream a year ago because of the adverts, but I noticed that they don't come up on an embedded page. Hmmmm.
11-06-2009, 05:34 AM
Registered User
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Glenorchy, Tasmania, Australia
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No nothing from me either. Trotted up the street (to clear the trees) with trusty tripod etc and did a few high f stop time exposures anyway of the moon but if there was a flash I blinked. If none of you saw it through your scopes then I did not have a chance.
11-06-2009, 07:12 AM
Sir Post a Lot!
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Location: Gosford, NSW, Australia
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11-06-2009, 07:15 AM
Registered User
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Location: Monto
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Good O, thanks for that Mike.
11-06-2009, 07:44 AM
Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Canberra
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Nothing seen from Canberra and minus 5 to boot!
Put on all my warm clothes as it was minus 5 in Canberra . . .
Saw nothing so a quick spin onto Jupiter and back to my electric blanket.
11-06-2009, 07:45 AM
Moderator
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Location: NEWCASTLE NSW Australia
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Quote:
Originally Posted by
iceman
thats good news
11-06-2009, 08:02 AM
Registered User
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Beautiful SE Tassie
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Well done everyone for giving it a go, in freezing temps
11-06-2009, 08:16 AM
Registered User
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Location: E.P. S.A.
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Don't know for sure if I was looking in the right area.
Can someone confirm it, or how far out I was. Thanks.
Imaged with DFK and 14"= 580x
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11-06-2009, 10:09 AM
Registered User
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Brisbane
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Hi all,
I braved the cold as well, and got about 12 minutes of hand-held video through my scope starting at about 4:23 am. No sign of any impact, but like others have said it was fun being out there!
Cheers,
Stephen
11-06-2009, 11:16 AM
Shadow Chaser
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Moonee Beach
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Quote:
Originally Posted by
iceman
Interesting. I have pefectly exposed footage of that area from two telescopes and have yet to find an event. More to the point, that's not where the impact was due to occur according to the charts!
If anyone gets the time of impact, let me know.
11-06-2009, 11:22 AM
Shadow Chaser
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Moonee Beach
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Quote:
Originally Posted by
Lester
Don't know for sure if I was looking in the right area.
Can someone confirm it, or how far out I was. Thanks.
Imaged with DFK and 14"= 580x
That is pefectly framed for the target to be in the upper left corner
11-06-2009, 11:44 AM
Shadow Chaser
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Moonee Beach
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Just for comparisson, here are my two fields of view:
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11-06-2009, 01:22 PM
Occultation Observer
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Blue Mountains, Australia
Posts: 232
Quote:
Originally Posted by
AstroJunk
Just for comparisson, here are my two fields of view:
FWIW, I was observing too but, no flash seen.
It's got me beat why they performed the de-orbit now, rather than wait a few days to get a crescent moon = less glare.
11-06-2009, 01:24 PM
Geoff
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: South Tacoma NSW
Posts: 571
Quote:
Originally Posted by
AstroJunk
Interesting. I have pefectly exposed footage of that area from two telescopes and have yet to find an event. More to the point, that's not where the impact was due to occur according to the charts!
If anyone gets the time of impact, let me know.
Here it is.
http://www.kaguya.jaxa.jp/en/communi...r_Impact_e.htm
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