(meteorobs) FW: [RASCals] Fwd: An Explosion on the Moon

[Ed Majden]

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From: Ed Majden <epmajden at shaw.ca>
Date: Fri, 23 Dec 2005 11:30:49 -0800
To: RASCals Discussion List <rascals at lists.rasc.ca>
Subject: Re: [RASCals] Fwd: An Explosion on the Moon

on 12/23/05 11:06, Michael Boschat at aa063 at chebucto.ns.ca wrote:

> NASA Science News for December 23, 2005
> 
> So you thought nothing ever happens on the moon? Think again. NASA
> scientists have observed a surprising and powerful explosion in the
> lunar Sea of Rains.
> 
> FULL STORY at
> 
> http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2005/22dec_lunartaurid.htm?list778348
> 
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Hi Mike:
    Don't know why NASA is so excited, amateurs have recorded such images
and there is a Yahoo Group devoted to Lunar Impacts.  I guess some have been
CCD cosmic ray hits so they must be confirmed by another telescope.  I
suggested using a grating or objective prism as if there was a spectrum that
would rule out a cosmic ray ccd hit.  Only snag is you would probably need a
large telescope to get enough light to produce a spectrum.
Ed