Comments on: How big of a telescope would you need to resolve the LCROSS impact? http://www.telescopebuyingguide.com/blog/how-big-of-a-telescope-would-you-need-to-resolve-the-lcross-impact/ Thu, 17 May 2012 20:00:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: wallyrush http://www.telescopebuyingguide.com/blog/how-big-of-a-telescope-would-you-need-to-resolve-the-lcross-impact/comment-page-1/#comment-2095 wallyrush Sun, 11 Oct 2009 09:11:23 +0000 http://www.telescopebuyingguide.com/blog/how-big-of-a-telescope-would-you-need-to-resolve-the-lcross-impact/#comment-2095 They say 10" aperture is needed to see anything I will have my 10" ready-also a friend will man my 6" as a personal experiment. Wally<a href="http://www.namingmybaby.com/hindu-baby-name.htm"> wallyrush</a> They say 10″ aperture is needed to see anything I will have my 10″ ready-also a friend will man my 6″ as a personal experiment.
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]]> By: Nyx http://www.telescopebuyingguide.com/blog/how-big-of-a-telescope-would-you-need-to-resolve-the-lcross-impact/comment-page-1/#comment-2094 Nyx Sun, 11 Oct 2009 00:50:59 +0000 http://www.telescopebuyingguide.com/blog/how-big-of-a-telescope-would-you-need-to-resolve-the-lcross-impact/#comment-2094 If you are in the U.S. and west of the Mississippi, you might be able to see it with a telescope of at least 10" of aperture. NASA TV will be doing a live feed and most certainly have video clips after the event. As for size of the debris cloud after the impact, its going to be be small, maybe 20 - 30 miles on a side (don't forget, the moon is about 250,000 miles away). The crater it'll impact is something like 50 miles in diameter, but since its near the moon's south pole, its profile is going to be foreshortened.<a href="http://www.healthstorebargains.com/srch/srch.php?q=Cholesterol"> Nyx</a> If you are in the U.S. and west of the Mississippi, you might be able to see it with a telescope of at least 10″ of aperture. NASA TV will be doing a live feed and most certainly have video clips after the event.

As for size of the debris cloud after the impact, its going to be be small, maybe 20 - 30 miles on a side (don’t forget, the moon is about 250,000 miles away). The crater it’ll impact is something like 50 miles in diameter, but since its near the moon’s south pole, its profile is going to be foreshortened. Nyx

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