Morning Kurt All noted and I downloaded the issue in question - very well done and interesting. I had some experience with viewing the Apollo 11 mission ( was clouded out for the ill-fated Apollo 13 mission) and was able to track the various bits and pieces associated with Apollo 11 out to about 200,000 miles. At the time it was visual observations using a 26.5 inch refractor and a 20 inch reflector and they were quite easy targets visually once I was able to find them. Today with the IMAGING facilities now available one can easily do the same with equipment in the 6 inch aperture region ( or possibly even less) but visual observing will require considerably larger. However I think the chances of observing anything futher out are rapidly diminished by the glare from the moon (depending on the phase of the moon) and I would say there is very little chance of amateur equipment seeing objects much further out, let alone very close to the moon. Of course observing the trans-lunar trajectory depends very much on predictions being available for a particular station. In my case they were supplied by BELLCOM but that was a long time ago . Do you perhaps know if such ephemerii will be available for stations suitable placed for viewing such? I know there were special efforts made to observe some of the Apollo 11 objects impacting the moon but cant recall the exact details but I dont think it was a great success. One big snag for me is that its pretty close to my winter season when I go into hibernation because of pathetic viewing conditions! Best wishes Greg ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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