Space weather (www.spaceweather.com) had something last week about NASA researchers recording a meteor impact on the moon. Try checking the NASA news page for this article. kdrako@consolidated.net wrote: > While observing a 20 hour old thin crescent moon, I saw a bright, > short, point flash which appeared to last between 1/10 and 1/2 second. > It appeared to be 2-3 magnitudes brighter than the brightest portion > of the visible arc of the Moon. I was not prepared for this! I did > have the sense to mark the time - 23:57:45UT. Thinking back now, it > could have been 23:59:45 - I may have misread the digital watch. The > Moon was less that 2 degree up and was getting weak in the thickening > haze. I made a note of the location of the flash relative to the arc > and later determine the flash was in Mare Tranquillitatis most likely > near the crater Ross or Plinius. This is a broad estimate since I > could not see any lunar features. I lost sight of the arc as it faded > away in the muck at 00:02UT still 1.3 degrees up. > > The Moons position at this time was R.A. 19h 36m Dec. -26d 58m. > > Does anyone know if any satellite could have been nearby that may have > caused a bright flash? There appeared to be no motion in the flash > which was very short lived. > > Thanks in advance, > Kenneth Drake > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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