SMART-1 vs The Moon

[Lee]

This crash landing of the SMART-1 spacecraft on the moon hasn't been timed well for us to see...... pity....

http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2006/30aug_smart1.htm


Might be worth a look, just in case of :eyepop:

[WadeH]

Just recieved the same email a while ago. Got quite excited until I did the time conversion. O well, we miss out again.:shrug:

[ving]

i guess the score is:

moon : 1
smart1 : 0

shame, it would have been good to watch

[iceman]

I hope some amateurs get an image of it.

[Dennis]

Thanks for the heads up Lee. Taking the estimated impact time from the NASA website as:

"The time to watch: Saturday, September 2nd at 10:41 p.m. PDT (Sept. 3rd, 0541 UT)."

I plotted the event in The Sky and this converts to Sept 3rd at 3:41 pm AEST. Here is the chart.

Cheers

Dennis

[iceman]

That's visible for us, during the day..

[Lee]

Thats what I'm saying.... since we are GMT/UT/Z +10 on the east coast currently it is a daytime event - so unless NASA is about 10 magnitudes off in their estimation of brightness, there won't be anything to see..... :(

[ving]

yes by visible you mean invisible right? ;)

[iceman]

The moon is visible! :)

[ving]

i doubt smart-1s impact will be tho... :(