Derek http://www.poyntsource.com/New/index.htm -----Original Message----- From: mpml@yahoogroups.com [mailto:mpml@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Bill J Gray Sent: Monday, August 24, 2009 10:18 AM To: MPML Subject: {MPML} LCROSS astrometry? Hello all, It's not a biggie, and don't bother unless you're at loose ends for a target... but a little astrometry of LCROSS right now would really firm up the impact prediction: http://home.gwi.net/~pluto/mpecs/lcross.htm On 7 August, Peter Birtwhistle got some data that narrowed the impact area to a short strip near the moon's south pole (an image is provided at the above URL). It's been a while since then, so some new data would probably shrink that region significantly. As far as I know, I'm the only one using the data for an impact prediction, and I'm assuming astrometry for LCROSS isn't high on anyone else's priority list. Hence the lack of "drop everything and observe this" urgency in this e-mail. LCROSS is currently predicted to be about mag 14.5, at a decent elongation. It'll soon be headed back to low elongations and faintness, to stay that way until late September, a couple of weeks before plowing into the moon. Thanks! -- Bill __._,_.___ Messages in this topic (1) Reply (via web post) | Start a new topic Messages | Files | Photos | Links | Polls | Members | Calendar ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Posts to this list or information found within may be freely used, with the stipulation that MPML and the originating author are cited as the source of the information. MARKETPLACE Mom Power: Discover the community of moms doing more for their families, for the world and for each other Change settings via the Web (Yahoo! ID required) Change settings via email: Switch delivery to Daily Digest | Switch format to Traditional Visit Your Group | Yahoo! Groups Terms of Use | Unsubscribe Recent Activity 8New Members Visit Your Group Yahoo! News Get it all here Breaking news to entertainment news Yahoo! Finance It's Now Personal Guides, news, advice & more. Sell Online Start selling with our award-winning e-commerce tools.. __,_._,___ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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