Someone caught a meteor impact on the moon during the eclipse?
Jan 22, 2019 10:57:34 #
The link should be public.
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=334003897448877&set=gm.1989195987796875&type=3&theater&ifg=1
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=334003897448877&set=gm.1989195987796875&type=3&theater&ifg=1
Jan 22, 2019 11:54:46 #
I saw this looking through my binoculars - I thought I imagined it. Now that is cool. Nice to know I'm not totally loosing my mind.
Jan 22, 2019 12:01:46 #
DanielB wrote:
I saw this looking through my binoculars - I thought I imagined it. Now that is cool. Nice to know I'm not totally loosing my mind.
Jan 22, 2019 12:27:32 #
It was so cold (-2 % f) at my house I didn't even think about going out to shoot the moon. Glad to see others were able to get out.
Bob
Bob
Jan 23, 2019 08:54:57 #
If you look through the UHH posted shots of the moon in full shadow you'll see that bright spot on almost all of them. A meteor impact would probably not create any light on the moon. If there was heat generated there would be no flame due to lack of oxygen. My guess is that the light is showing off the top of a raised lunar feature. I'm sure some of our astrophotographers could shed light on this.
Jan 23, 2019 09:22:54 #
olemikey
Loc: 6 mile creek, Spacecoast Florida
Longshadow wrote:
The link should be public.
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=334003897448877&set=gm.1989195987796875&type=3&theater&ifg=1
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=334003897448877&set=gm.1989195987796875&type=3&theater&ifg=1
Saw that story, pretty cool!!!
Jan 23, 2019 10:11:24 #
I question that story completely. That bright spot has been on several of my moon pictures since 2015. See the attached picture at the 9 o'clock position.
Jan 23, 2019 11:42:31 #
manofhg
Loc: Knoxville, TN
My moonshot had the bright spot (on a dark moon) at the same location as you show above.
https://static.uglyhedgehog.com/upload/2019/1/21/489449-4p1a0782_edited_1.jpg
https://static.uglyhedgehog.com/upload/2019/1/21/489449-4p1a0782_edited_1.jpg
Jan 23, 2019 12:07:53 #
StanMac
Loc: Tennessee
The flash shown on the image at the Facebook link is closer to the 7 o’clock position. The flash also has a conical shape one would expect to see from an impact. I’m no chemist or physicist, but I doubt atmospheric oxygen is required to produce light from a high speed impact like a meteorite. Tremendous heating occurs on impact - I would expect that heat alone would cause the rocks and dust to incandesce. It would also free any oxygen present in the materials impacted as well, wouldn’t you think?
Confirmation here:
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2191526-a-meteorite-hit-the-moon-during-mondays-total-lunar-eclipse/
Stan
Confirmation here:
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2191526-a-meteorite-hit-the-moon-during-mondays-total-lunar-eclipse/
Stan
Jan 23, 2019 12:19:14 #
More confirmation from National Geographic website, and a screenshot from that article. The hunt is on for images of the new crater.
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/2019/01/meteor-hit-the-moon-during-blood-moon-eclipse-heres-what-we-know/
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/2019/01/meteor-hit-the-moon-during-blood-moon-eclipse-heres-what-we-know/
Jan 23, 2019 12:33:04 #
manofhg
Loc: Knoxville, TN
StanMac wrote:
The flash shown on the image at the Facebook link ... (show quote)
Yes, it is more at 7, but if you line up the geography, they look to me to be the same location.
Jan 23, 2019 13:20:41 #
"My moonshot had the bright spot (on a dark moon) at the same location as you show above."
Actually the bright spot in your photo(s) is the crater Aristarchus. Not the same location at all.
Actually the bright spot in your photo(s) is the crater Aristarchus. Not the same location at all.
Jan 23, 2019 13:44:07 #
manofhg
Loc: Knoxville, TN
jhkfly wrote:
"My moonshot had the bright spot (on a dark moon) at the same location as you show above."
Actually the bright spot in your photo(s) is the crater Aristarchus. Not the same location at all.
Actually the bright spot in your photo(s) is the crater Aristarchus. Not the same location at all.
Okay, good to know.
Jan 23, 2019 14:15:51 #
Sorry, Manofhg, I was actually referring to the photo just above your post by Floyd. The bright Aristarchus crater lies a little southwest of Mare Imbrium. The bright flash shown in the Spanish videos indicate an impact much more to the south and closer to the rim. The orientation of the Spanish astronomer's photos is almost 80 degrees to the right of Floyd's pic.
Jan 23, 2019 16:03:28 #
manofhg
Loc: Knoxville, TN
jhkfly wrote:
Sorry, Manofhg, I was actually referring to the photo just above your post by Floyd. The bright Aristarchus crater lies a little southwest of Mare Imbrium. The bright flash shown in the Spanish videos indicate an impact much more to the south and closer to the rim. The orientation of the Spanish astronomer's photos is almost 80 degrees to the right of Floyd's pic.
What is the area of the bright spot on my pic, if you know?
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