Telescopic Tracking of the Apollo Lunar Missions

Bill Keel of the University of Alabama has put up a web page about
observations of the Apollo missions to the Moon.
Apollo 8 was widely observed from the UK and the predicted path of
Apollo 12 was shown on TV, so I can't be the only person who saw it :-)
You'll find my drawing and a link on my web site at
http://www.merseia.fsnet.co.uk/index.html and here's the address if
you don't want to pay me a visit
http://www.astr.ua.edu/keel/space/apollo.html
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On Wed, 19 May 2004 18:09:00 +0100, Jonathan Silverlight
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Bill Keel of the University of Alabama has put up a web page about
observations of the Apollo missions to the Moon.
Apollo 8 was widely observed from the UK and the predicted path of
Apollo 12 was shown on TV, so I can't be the only person who saw it :-)
You'll find my drawing and a link on my web site at
http://www.merseia.fsnet.co.uk/index.html and here's the address if
you don't want to pay me a visit
http://www.astr.ua.edu/keel/space/apollo.html

Interesting aspect. Mind you, it seems that the date - time stamp may be a
little in error (Last changes May 2005).

As has been mentioned on many occasions, Apollo was tracked not only visually
(where possible), but radio amateurs tracked the Doppler shift and one or two
followed it right to the surface. Thousands of amateurs were involved and
untold numbers of independent professionals.

Only Minnie Bannister and Eccles the Jones (and their ilk) remain blind to the
joy of the missions all those years ago.

Lawrence

On Wed, 19 May 2004 18:09:00 +0100, Jonathan Silverlight
wrote:

Bill Keel of the University of Alabama has put up a web page about
observations of the Apollo missions to the Moon.
Apollo 8 was widely observed from the UK and the predicted path of
Apollo 12 was shown on TV, so I can't be the only person who saw it :-)
You'll find my drawing and a link on my web site at
http://www.merseia.fsnet.co.uk/index.html and here's the address if
you don't want to pay me a visit
http://www.astr.ua.edu/keel/space/apollo.html

I've responded to Bill's email with my observation of the Apollo LOX
dump in S&T at the time and on my webpage

http://home.freeuk.com/m.gavin/apollo12.htm

Maurice Gavin @ WPO - Sueery UK

In message , Maurice Gavin
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On Wed, 19 May 2004 18:09:00 +0100, Jonathan Silverlight
wrote:

Bill Keel of the University of Alabama has put up a web page about
observations of the Apollo missions to the Moon.
Apollo 8 was widely observed from the UK and the predicted path of
Apollo 12 was shown on TV, so I can't be the only person who saw it :-)
You'll find my drawing and a link on my web site at
http://www.merseia.fsnet.co.uk/index.html and here's the address if
you don't want to pay me a visit
http://www.astr.ua.edu/keel/space/apollo.html

I've responded to Bill's email with my observation of the Apollo LOX
dump in S&T at the time and on my webpage

http://home.freeuk.com/m.gavin/apollo12.htm

Thanks Maurice. Do you have a reproduction of the Bonn Observatory
picture?
I was interested to read about the S-IVB being in eccentric Earth orbit.
Presumably it was perturbed into heliocentric orbit until its return in
2002.
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On Thu, 20 May 2004 19:03:11 +0100, Jonathan Silverlight
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I've responded to Bill's email with my observation of the Apollo LOX
dump in S&T at the time and on my webpage

http://home.freeuk.com/m.gavin/apollo12.htm

Thanks Maurice. Do you have a reproduction of the Bonn Observatory
picture?
I was interested to read about the S-IVB being in eccentric Earth orbit.
Presumably it was perturbed into heliocentric orbit until its return in
2002.
Sorry Jon - can't help.