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

[Terry Crook]

In that case, will the moon be visible just after noon?
The Calsky site says:

Observer Site User Site, United States
             WGS84: Lon:  -78d55m43.9s  Lat: +35d55m47.7s  Alt: 67m
             All times in EST or EDT (during summer)

12h25m49.74s **Centerline* 
<http://www.calsky.com/?Transitline=&showhome=&obs=54404012470422&tdt=2455532.22697954&sat=25544&interval=0.00011574&step=0.00000231&mainbody=10>, 
*closest point* 
<http://www.calsky.com/csrender.cgi?object=Satellite&number=11&obs=54404012470422&tdt=2455532.22697954&sat=25544&ra=12.87857041&de=-12.08605697&fovarcmin=60&interval=0.00011574&step=0.00000231&satrend=&lon=281.046088428&lat=35.90921953> 
?Map 
<http://www.calsky.com/map.php?lang=en&latitude=35.90921953&longitude=-78.95391157&zoom=7>: 
Longitude= 78°57'14"W *


GMT is ~5 hours ahead of EST, so this would be 1725 GMT.

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


On 11/24/2010 2:36 PM, Michael Hrivnak wrote:
> 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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