Comments on: Can we see the the Apollo moon mission equipment which was left behind with telescopes from earth? http://chaoticastronomy.com/telescopes/can-we-see-the-the-apollo-moon-mission-equipment-which-was-left-behind-with-telescopes-from-earth Sun, 18 Jul 2010 13:26:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.3 By: aladdinwa http://chaoticastronomy.com/telescopes/can-we-see-the-the-apollo-moon-mission-equipment-which-was-left-behind-with-telescopes-from-earth/comment-page-1#comment-750 aladdinwa Mon, 08 Mar 2010 09:26:59 +0000 http://chaoticastronomy.com/telescopes/can-we-see-the-the-apollo-moon-mission-equipment-which-was-left-behind-with-telescopes-from-earth#comment-750 No. The Apollo moon mission equipment is way too far away and way too small to be seen from Earth, or even by the Hubble Space Telescope. However, in July 2009 the NASA lunar orbiter did take the following photographs: Pictures of the Apollo landers on the moon http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/LRO/multimedia/lroimages/apollosites.html http://www.skyandtelescope.com/news/home/51023977.html http://lroc.sese.asu.edu/news/?archives/76-LROC%C3%A2%E2%82%AC%E2%84%A2s-First-Look-at-the-Apollo-Landing-Sites.html .<br><b>References : </b><br> No. The Apollo moon mission equipment is way too far away and way too small to be seen from Earth, or even by the Hubble Space Telescope. However, in July 2009 the NASA lunar orbiter did take the following photographs:

Pictures of the Apollo landers on the moon
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/LRO/multimedia/lroimages/apollosites.html
http://www.skyandtelescope.com/news/home/51023977.html
http://lroc.sese.asu.edu/news/?archives/76-LROC%C3%A2%E2%82%AC%E2%84%A2s-First-Look-at-the-Apollo-Landing-Sites.html
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]]> By: Bullseye http://chaoticastronomy.com/telescopes/can-we-see-the-the-apollo-moon-mission-equipment-which-was-left-behind-with-telescopes-from-earth/comment-page-1#comment-749 Bullseye Mon, 08 Mar 2010 08:46:59 +0000 http://chaoticastronomy.com/telescopes/can-we-see-the-the-apollo-moon-mission-equipment-which-was-left-behind-with-telescopes-from-earth#comment-749 No, however you can see them from the Lunar Recon Orbiter which is circling the moon right now taking pictures. http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/LRO/multimedia/lroimages/apollosites.html<br><b>References : </b><br> No, however you can see them from the Lunar Recon Orbiter which is circling the moon right now taking pictures.
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/LRO/multimedia/lroimages/apollosites.html
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]]> By: NXXN http://chaoticastronomy.com/telescopes/can-we-see-the-the-apollo-moon-mission-equipment-which-was-left-behind-with-telescopes-from-earth/comment-page-1#comment-748 NXXN Mon, 08 Mar 2010 07:59:59 +0000 http://chaoticastronomy.com/telescopes/can-we-see-the-the-apollo-moon-mission-equipment-which-was-left-behind-with-telescopes-from-earth#comment-748 We can't image them from the Earth But we can "see" the Retroreflectors left by the Apollo astronauts and the earlier unmanned lunar missions using laser range finders on Earth.<br><b>References : </b><br>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunar_Laser_Ranging_experiment We can’t image them from the Earth
But we can "see" the Retroreflectors left by the Apollo astronauts and the earlier unmanned lunar missions using laser range finders on Earth.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunar_Laser_Ranging_experiment

]]> By: Aaron http://chaoticastronomy.com/telescopes/can-we-see-the-the-apollo-moon-mission-equipment-which-was-left-behind-with-telescopes-from-earth/comment-page-1#comment-747 Aaron Mon, 08 Mar 2010 07:19:59 +0000 http://chaoticastronomy.com/telescopes/can-we-see-the-the-apollo-moon-mission-equipment-which-was-left-behind-with-telescopes-from-earth#comment-747 Not a telescope you can afford =)<br><b>References : </b><br> Not a telescope you can afford =)
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]]> By: Larry454 http://chaoticastronomy.com/telescopes/can-we-see-the-the-apollo-moon-mission-equipment-which-was-left-behind-with-telescopes-from-earth/comment-page-1#comment-746 Larry454 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 06:54:59 +0000 http://chaoticastronomy.com/telescopes/can-we-see-the-the-apollo-moon-mission-equipment-which-was-left-behind-with-telescopes-from-earth#comment-746 No, the resolution of Earth-based scopes is not sufficient to be able to see those items. We do have photographs of them that were taken by subsequent spacecraft. For example, the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter took several photos: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/LRO/multimedia/lroimages/lroc_200911109_apollo11.html<br><b>References : </b><br> No, the resolution of Earth-based scopes is not sufficient to be able to see those items. We do have photographs of them that were taken by subsequent spacecraft. For example, the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter took several photos:

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/LRO/multimedia/lroimages/lroc_200911109_apollo11.html
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]]> By: Geoff G http://chaoticastronomy.com/telescopes/can-we-see-the-the-apollo-moon-mission-equipment-which-was-left-behind-with-telescopes-from-earth/comment-page-1#comment-745 Geoff G Mon, 08 Mar 2010 06:09:59 +0000 http://chaoticastronomy.com/telescopes/can-we-see-the-the-apollo-moon-mission-equipment-which-was-left-behind-with-telescopes-from-earth#comment-745 No, because telescopes on Earth lack the resolution to see such small objects. The landing sites _have_ been imaged recently by the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, a satellite in low orbit around the Moon.<br><b>References : </b><br>http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/LRO/multimedia/lroimages/apollosites.html No, because telescopes on Earth lack the resolution to see such small objects. The landing sites _have_ been imaged recently by the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, a satellite in low orbit around the Moon.
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http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/LRO/multimedia/lroimages/apollosites.html

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