Sunday, December 11, 2011

caught Kiron

I overheard Kiron asking which way the ISS was going to cross the Moon. Which then provoked a series of answers, not surprisingly, all varied. The view of course was different for everyone. We had SCTs, refractors, rigs with and without mirror diagonals. But I think he was using or looking through his tripod-mounted binos (and he hadn't stated that). I sent him a note saying he really needed to be more cognisant of this, in the future. Left and right, top and bottom, don't make sense, are not the best way to describe things. That he should include in his question, the context, the gear he was using. Or, better still, do a bit of research in advance. He should well know that the ISS always travels from west to east.

1 comment:

SciDomer said...

Correct... which means that the Moon will cross the Moon's eastern half first (I am not pulling your leg!)