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Mark Your Calendars - LCROSS Lunar Impactor Plume to be Visible from Earth Posted by Guy Pirro on 10/4/2009 11:27 AM The LCROSS impact into the Cabeus crater near the south lunar pole is scheduled for 4:30 a.m. PDT (7:30 a.m. EDT, 11:30 UTC) on Friday, October 9, 2009. NASA scientists estimate that the Centaur impact debris plume should be in view several seconds after it hits the Moon and will peak in brightness at about 30 to 100 seconds after impact. In the US, the best viewing of the impact plume will be from west of the Mississippi River with telescopes that are larger than 10 inches in diameter. | Read full story |

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