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Astronomer Royal for Scotland | Catherine Heymans

Calling my #astrophotography chums in the Americas: will you be staying up late tonight with your telescopes trained on the Einstein Crater? Impact: 02:34 EDT; 4 tonnes of Space-X metal (15m x 4m diameter) travelling 5400mph Expected: 50km high plume containing ~1Mkg of debris 😲🔭

Astronomer Royal for Scotland | Catherine Heymans

"Will I be able to see the crash?" Probably not, but that doesn't mean friends in the Americas shouldn't try (daylight for those in Europe): look to the eastern limb of the Einstein crater. The @eso.org VLT will observe it & NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter is taking before and after images! 🔭🧪🛰️

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Andy Rivkin

Weather report not great here, but I do have some colleagues who'll be trying to observe both from here in the Old Line State and with professional observatories in hopefully clearer locations!

BlueishMage

Should that be ~1Gg instead of ~1Mkg?

vaguely

Fuck no. Why would you elevate anything that nazi twat does? He's ruining our planet, and now he's spreading it beyond the planet. Would I want to watch a hobo shit in a park? Also no.

Astronomer Royal for Scotland | Catherine Heymans

OK this is my favourite live stream at the moment, for those of us in sunshine! #moonimpact www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fwx4...

LIVE: SpaceX Rocket Crashes on the Moon | August 5YouTube video by Interstellar News Hubwww.youtube.com
Ответ для Astronomer Royal for Scotland | Catherine Heymans
Gee

will it all become lunar dust or will people of the year 3026 be able to go there and pick pieces for their kids? @astrokatie.com

Mmm hmm.

I will be on my roof with my telescope and my 300mm zoom lens on my full-frame mirrorless! I hope to see something.

Aurélien Genin

Too much clouds here 🇨🇵 And the observation would be in daytime, so very likely to not be able to see anything anyway

Ответ для Aurélien Genin
Minister for Porcine Aviation

After this it will presumably be renamed the Epstein Crater.

rnmay

I will be looking, but the universe is betting against me: Happens 15 minutes after moonrise; Only 4° above the horizon at time of impact; Using a Questar 3.5 (mighty but really too small); We’re now enveloped by smoke from nearby wildfires. Here’s a test pic from last night:

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Astronomer Royal for Scotland | Catherine Heymans

Well the test picture is awesome @rnmay.bsky.social 🤗 Hoping the smoke has now passed, or that you're now happily asleep!

astromikehudson

I hope there’s something to report since I’ll be on TV (after the fact).

Jennifer L. Hoffman ✨😷

Charging my Seestar now! 🤩

The Force of Tech

Late, stay up you may. But patient, your telescope must be. Into Einstein Crater, metal falls. A fine plume there may be, if clouds and luck, with you, they are.

Christian Fröschlin

Is it more likely (or less unlikely) to spot the flash or the plume? Going for the plume is probably better with long exposures.

Ответ для Christian Fröschlin
Astronomer Royal for Scotland | Catherine Heymans

I'd say go for the plume over the flash. People have spotted flashes before, but only on a dark region - never against an illuminated part. The crater will be in light - but that light should reflect off the plume too. Observation is going to be super super tough though. Clear Skies Christian!

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John Gerlach

I thought you put “Epstein Crater”, which might be appropriate for the new one…