NASA LCROSS Impact Site: Pre-Impact Image

07 October 2009

Here’s a photograph I recently took of the expected impact site of NASA’s LCROSS (Lunar CRater Observation and Sensing Satellite). The satellite is expected to impact the surface of the moon at around 4:30am this Friday morning.

Link to NASA’s LCROSS Observation Campaign

Photo Details:

Camera: Imaging Source DMK21AU04.AS
Date Taken: 9/10/06 21:01 PDT
Filters Used: Astronomik type 2c red filter, 1/2 variable polarizing filter
Barlow: Televue Powermate 2.5
Telescope: Celestron 9.25 Schmidt Cassegrain
Exposure: 30fps with 1/60 exposures. 5000 frames

NASA LCROSS Cabeus impact site - pre-impact

NASA LCROSS Cabeus impact site - pre-impact

Should the weather here in Seattle be good (weather report not so promising), I plan to image the impact.