Bit late I know but - NASA - An Explosion on the Moon

In message , Nick
writes
"December 23, 2005: NASA scientists have observed an explosion on the moon. The
blast, equal in energy to about 70 kg of TNT, occurred near the edge of
Mare Imbrium
(the Sea of Rains) on Nov. 7, 2005, when a 12-centimeter-wide meteoroid
slammed into
the ground traveling 27 km/s.

"What a surprise," says Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) researcher
Rob Suggs, who
recorded the impact's flash. He and colleague Wes Swift were testing a
new telescope
and video camera they assembled to monitor the moon for meteor strikes.
On their
first night out, "we caught one," says Suggs."

More at http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2...unartaurid.htm

I haven't seen any details of the video camera he was using. Is it the
sort of thing an amateur can get for a reasonable sum? Because the 10
inch telescope certainly is.
"Probably because we were the only ones looking"
We should all be ashamed of ourselves :-)