Hello, A team of astronomers from NMSU, NASA/MSFC, and APO is planning to observe the LCROSS impact into the Moon with the APO 3.5-m and 1-m telescopes in Spring 2009. We will be using Agile on the 3.5-m to study the plume evolution to help characterize the lunar regolith. If there are other people out there in the ARC community who are thinking about trying to observe the LCROSS event with the APO 3.5-meter could you please let me know? We have some test observations scheduled in December and we will be seeking a small amount of support from NASA for this project. We would like to be inclusive of all ARC members who want to participate and avoid a situation where multiple teams would be competing for telescope time for this time-critical event. Thanks, Nancy ******************************************************* Nancy Chanover, Assistant Professor Astronomy Department Box 30001/MSC 4500 New Mexico State University Las Cruces, NM 88003-0001 phone: (575) 646-2567 FAX: (575) 646-1602 email: nchanove@nmsu.edu Office: Astronomy Bldg, Frenger and Williams Sts, Rm 210 ******************************************************** APO APO APO APO APO Apache Point Observatory 3.5m APO APO APO APO APO This is message 1114 in the apo35-general archive. You can find APO the archive on http://www.astro.princeton.edu/APO/apo35-general/INDEX.html APO To join/leave the list, send mail to apo35-request@astro.princeton.edu APO To post a message, mail it to apo35-general@astro.princeton.edu APO APO APO APO APO APO APO APO APO APO APO APO APO APO APO APO APO