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

[Michael Hrivnak]

As I recall from what I looked up last night, the moon doesn't rise
until about 2:30am on December 1.

Michael

On Wed, Nov 24, 2010 at 12:46 PM, Terry Crook <terrycrook at earthlink.net> wrote:
> 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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