Re: SAA: Mars impact - how big a scope required?



Wayne Farmer wrote:

On Dec 29, 3:51 am, eugene@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Eugene Griessel) wrote:
Rose Quartz <hee...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
The asteroid in question is said to be mag 24. How large a
scope is required to see it visually?

As it approaches the impact (or not) date the magnitude should drop
down to about 26. Current data set has been produced using a 2.5
metre scope.

Eugene L Griessel

University - a Fountain of Knowledge where all go to drink.

- I usually post only from Sci.Military.Naval -

Noting the thread header, perhaps the OP was asking how big a scope
would be needed to see the _impact_, not the object.

See any aspect of this. object, impact, but its quite obvious
a very large scope is required. I will tell Noah to stop building
tomorrow!

Thanks...

.

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