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NASA has announced the time&TV coverage of Lcross impact

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  • 07-10-2009 12:31am
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    ynotdu
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    There will be two impacts the Spacecraft and the final stage engine that put it in orbit around the moon.Hopefully the telescope in Hawaii will catch the estimated eight mile dust cloud it will throw up.In Ireland NASA TV coverage will start at 11.15 AM Friday morning with impact scheduled for 12.30 PM.

    LCROSS Lunar Impact
    7:31 a.m. EDT/4:31 a.m. PDT
    Friday Oct. 9

    An approximately 1.5 hour Live NASA TV Broadcast is planned for the LCROSS impacts starting at 6:15 a.m. EDT/3:15 a.m. PDT, Oct. 9, on NASA TV and www.nasa.gov/ntv.

    The broadcast includes:
    • Live footage from spacecraft camera
    • Real-time telemetry based animation
    • Views of LCROSS Mission and Science Operations
    • Broadcast commentary with expert guests
    • Prepared video segments
    • Views of the public impact viewing event at NASA Ames
    • Possible live footage from the University of Hawaii, 88-inch telescope on Mauna Kea.
    The live LCROSS Post-Impact News Conference will be 10 a.m. EDT/7 a.m. PDT on NASA TV and www.nasa.gov/ntv.


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    #2
    Stargate
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    Tnx for the update ynotdu ;)


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    ynotdu
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    Stargate wrote: »
    Tnx for the update ynotdu ;)

    Your MORE than welcome Stargate,I reckon it will be better than a Carlos Sentana Concert!:pac:

    *ynotdu gets removed from stargates christmas card list*


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    #4
    Conor108
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    Goddamit I'll be in school


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    Sleipnir
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    ynotdu wrote: »
    LCROSS Lunar Impact
    7:31 a.m. EDT/4:31 a.m. PDT
    Friday Oct. 9

    So that's 11:31 UTC which is 12:31 BST.


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    Beeker
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    I'll be in work but will have it on in the background. hope I have a quite day!


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    Dr Pepper
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    I read on APOD today that it could be visible in 10"+ scopes. Anybody know/guess if the impact be visible in daylight (i.e. here)? According to Stellarium the moon will be up at 11:30 tomorrow (20 degrees above the horizon in the West). I'd imagine the sunlit dust cloud will be 'washed out' by the daylight for observers here though. :confused:

    / edit - Doh! Make that 12 degrees above the horizon at 12:30


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    Dr Pepper
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    I got a reply to this question over on irishastronomy.org. It seems the only way to see anything from here is on NASA TV! More observing and general LCROSS information is available here and here.

    Can't wait to see the pictures & results from this!


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    mike65
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    Is there a camera on the nose of this thing?


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    Beeker
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    mike65 wrote: »
    Is there a camera on the nose of this thing?
    Yeah it has one visible and four near-infared and mid-infared cameras on board. We should see video maybe at a slower rate than normal video as it will be a series of digital still taken at a high rate. At least thats my understanding of it:confused:


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    Beeker
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    Getting good shots of the moon now!


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    Turtwig
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    Beeker wrote: »
    Getting good shots of the moon now!

    Where you getting the shots??:confused:
    All I'm getting is a passionate talk of the mission..
    T - 38 mins

    Edit : Nm, I'm only streaming audio :mad:


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    mike65
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    Mission Control is a bit dissapointing to be honest.


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    Beeker
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    http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/

    Video here!


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    aidan18
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    Unfortunately with all the cloud cover here in Dublin city your not going to see much


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    Beeker
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    mike65 wrote: »
    Mission Control is a bit dissapointing to be honest.
    Well it's not quite a Shuttle mission, thats for sure.


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    Dr Pepper
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    Beeker, what are you watching? I don't seem to be able to get anything on this page:
    http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/index.html

    They might have a limited number of connections to that video stream (which will undoubtedly have been reached by now).

    EDIT - Sorry, never mind, just saw subsequent posts!


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    lord lucan
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    I'm watching it here:http://spaceflightnow.com/lcross/status.html


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    Turtwig
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    lord lucan wrote: »
    I'm watching it here:http://spaceflightnow.com/lcross/status.html

    Awesome, but weird, I've got video for that one...


    Thank you So MUCH!!:D


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    Beeker
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    Malty_T wrote: »
    Awesome, but weird, I've got video for that one...


    Thank you So MUCH!!:D

    You cant beat technology!!:D


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    #21
    lord lucan
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    If you're at home and have sky news active they're showing it on there too.


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    lostexpectation
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    is there no other astronomies streaming what they are seeing i know, nasatv will be best placed but others less good cameras may give context.
    i have the two nasa streams up now, bit better via spaceflightnow


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    SkepticOne
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    Watching NASA tv on the web. Interesting to see each subsequent image of the surface of the moon get larger as the spacecraft dives in.


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    In_tuition
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    lostexpectation wrote: »
    is there no other astronomies streaming what they are seeing i know, nasatv will be best placed but others less good cameras may give context.
    i have the two nasa streams up now, bit better


    the picture of the moon on the spaceflightNow link is from on board, you won't get better. the link there too is ahead of everything else even the tv


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    Beeker
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    lostexpectation wrote: »
    is there no other astronomies streaming what they are seeing i know, nasatv will be best placed but others less good cameras may give context.
    i have the two nasa streams up now, bit better
    They are hoping for live footage from the University of Hawaii, 88-inch telescope on Mauna Kea, you could try their web site!


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    #26
    Scruff
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    60 seconds...!!!


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    #27
    SkepticOne
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    Impact!


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    #28
    Scruff
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    er....no impact plume?


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    #29
    Turtwig
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    Scruff wrote: »
    er....no impact plume?

    It's the moon, no atmosphere...


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    #30
    Sleipnir
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    (Silent) BOOM!


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    #31
    In_tuition
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    To think I missed a nice dinner to watch this crap :eek:


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