Gorgeous Kaguya image of Cabeus crater; where to watch impact

Posted by Emily Lakdawalla

2009/10/09 06:16 CDT

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I'm back online and ready to watch LCROSS smash into the Moon this morning! Just in time for the crash, JAXA released a gorgeous Kaguya Terrain Camera image of the crater. But before I show that to you, here's a reminder of where to watch the action this morning:

My Twitter feed. I'll be Tweeting away starting shortly after 3 am PDT / 1000 UTC.
NASA TV. You can watch it on the Web; I'll be watching on DirecTV channel 283.
MSNBC has a live feed and Twitter commentary (including from me) on the same page.
The cooperative telescope service SLOOH will have two free live feeds from telescopes located in New Hampshire and Arizona along with live radio commentary, beginning at approximately 3:30 am PDT / 10:30 UTC.
The Exploratorium will be streaming live from the Lick Observatory beginning at 4:10 am / 11:10.

Here is the Kaguya image at half its original resolution. Cabeus is the biggest black hole; Cabeus A is at about 11:00, Cabeus C at about 10:00. Go visit JAXA's website (that link takes you to a Google-translated version) for the full-resolution image.