[Chaos-l] ISS Lunar transit, 12-1-2010

[Terry Crook]

The Calsky website indicates the time as 12h 25m ~40sec EST, NOT 
GMT/UT.     See top of transit chart.
So conditions just after midnight, not after 5AM, are pertinent!

Taurus Terry in Chapel Hill
35° 55' 47"N, 79° 01' 00"W


On 11/24/2010 12:07 AM, Michael Hrivnak wrote:
> It would be fun to try catching some photos of this.  I've had good
> success in the past photographing the moon with a DSLR connected to a
> budget 4" refractor.
>
> http://hrivnak.org/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=1879
>
> Who has the best spot we could use?  I have access to a spot right on
> Crabtree Lake, which is a little over a mile from the center of the
> path.  Not sure how good that would be.  The details say the path is
> 15.2km wide, but presumably the closer you are to the center, the
> closer the ISS will be to the center of the moon.  Walter, could we
> use your place?
>
> Adding to the challenge, it looks like the moon will only be 21% lit,
> and 28 degrees above the horizon at 5:25am.
>
> Michael
>
> On Tue, Nov 23, 2010 at 6:18 PM, walter fowler<walterfowler at gmail.com>  wrote:
>> Something was missing in reporting this correction.  I looked at the link
>> because the event apparently occurs right over my house but the maps are
>> labelled "Passes for Sat. 25544" whatever that means.  Could you give me the
>> date one more time?  The other confusing thing is following the path on the
>> Google map it looks like it's over my house at 12h 25min 41.65sec (is this
>> UT?) but it's a mile northeast two tenths of a sec before this and a mile
>> southwest two tenths of a sec after.  Is it really moving that fast?  Please
>> clarify since I'm "right on the money."  Thanks.  Walter Fowler
>>
>> On Tue, Nov 23, 2010 at 5:57 PM, Tony Rice<rtphokie at gmail.com>  wrote:
>>> Thanks for catching that.  I'd forgotten that I'd set the search to 2
>>> weeks.  The visibile transit is indeed Dec 1.
>>>
>>>
>>> http://www.calsky.com/?Transitline=&obs=54404012470422&tdt=2455532.22692995&sat=25544&interval=0.00011574&step=0.00000231&mainbody=10
>>>
>>> -Tony
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