Dr. Bernard H. Foing, ILEWG executive director, has reported to the LunarListServ that the detection of Kaguya impact by Indian lunar research colleagues from 1.2 m telescope at Mount Abu Observatory, Gurushikar, India occured. The observations were performed at the near infrared wavelength of 2.12 microns. This is a similar band that the observations made in CFHT of SMART-1 impact.
The observations of the controlled crash were carried out by Dr. T.Chandrasekhar, Mr. Rajesh Shah, Mr. S.N.Mathur and Mr. Raj Purohit of the Astronomy and Astrophysics Division of the Physical Research Laboratory, a unit of Dept of Space, Govt of India.
The impact flash was recorded at 18:25:10 UT, faded slightly the next second, and could not be seen later. It is expected that a digital image may be psoted to the Planetary Society of India blog soon.
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