Re: Was Apollo seen close to the Moon?

From: Matthew Ota (matthewota_at_bigvalley.net)
Date: 11/29/04 

Date: Mon, 29 Nov 2004 20:03:33 GMT

I do know that observers on Earth were able to see the debris cloud
after Apollo 13's Oxygen tank exploded. In addition, many astronomers
observed S-IVB translunar injection burns as the astronauts left Earth
orbit for the Moon

Matthew Ota

N. Foldager wrote:
> Hi,
>
> In the seventies, it was announced that one of the Apollo Service
> Modules (I don't remember which) would perform a burn in front of the
> dark side of the Moon and that this would be visible in small
> telescopes on Earth.
>
> I was watching the Moon at the time announced. Unfortunately the burn
> was postponed and I never saw any other event like that announced.
>
> This memory leads me to a question:
>
> Was any Apollo burn close to the Moon ever observed visually in any
> terrestrial telescope?
>
> Best regards,
>
> Niels Foldager
> Denmark
>

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