This video footage is a time-lapse taken from Brisbane, Australia of the MSL booster stage venting shortly after separation. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gA9U9TZZ4nc Notice a few satellites go past too. As far as I know, no-one else other than three observers in Brisbane witnessed/recorded this. I was at the DSN in Tidbinbilla Canberra, and although the two dishes successfully tracked MSL, it was completely clouded out at the best observation time. Hopefully we should be able to reduce these observations. Will post more details as I have them. Paul S. On Sun, Nov 27, 2011 at 9:45 AM, Paul Salanitri <paul.salanitri@gmail.com>wrote: > The Brisbane Planetarium curator was able to see the booster stage venting > early this morning (we were clouded out in the visible spectrum) more > details soon! > > Paul S > > > > > On 27/11/2011, at 0:31, Tony Beresford <dberesford@adam.com.au> wrote: > > > At 11:05 PM 26/11/2011, you wrote: > >> Hi All, > >> > >> I haven't been able to run the numbers (nor look at the spice kernels), > >> does anyone know if there will be a visible pass (post boost) over > >> Canberra (Tidbinbilla) of MSL > >> > >> Lat Long -35.40125 148.98343 Alt 650.79m > > Paul, I ran this ephemeris on Thursday. It will probably line wrap. > > What you might be able to see is the Centuar fuel dump > > also jnown as the avoidance manouvre, after spacecraft , > > separation . Its a similar situation to the Cassini launch > > where it was a naked eye event from Adelaide and central west of NSW. > > > > Tony Beresford > > > > > ******************************************************************************* > > Ephemeris / WWW_USER Wed Nov 23 16:52:52 2011 Pasadena, USA / > Horizons > > > ******************************************************************************* > > Target body name: Mars Science Laboratory (-76) {source: MONTE > Difference Line Ta} > > Center body name: Earth (399) {source: DE405} > > Center-site name: (user defined site below) > > > ******************************************************************************* > > Start time : A.D. 2011-Nov-26 15:52:00.0000 UT > > Stop time : A.D. 2011-Nov-26 18:00:00.0000 UT > > Step-size : 5 minutes > > > ******************************************************************************* > > Target pole/equ : No model available > > Target radii : (unavailable) > > Center geodetic : 149.166700,-35.350045,-0.001225 > {E-lon(deg),Lat(deg),Alt(km)} > > Center cylindric: 149.166700,5208.05767,-3669.607 > {E-lon(deg),Dxy(km),Dz(km)} > > Center pole/equ : High-precision EOP model {East-longitude +} > > Center radii : 6378.1 x 6378.1 x 6356.8 km {Equator, meridian, > pole} > > Target primary : Earth {source: DE405+DE406} > > Interfering body: MOON (Req= 1737.400) km {source: DE405} > > Deflecting body : Sun, EARTH {source: DE405} > > Deflecting GMs : 1.3271E+11, 3.9860E+05 km^3/s^2 > > Atmos refraction: YES (Earth refraction model) > > RA format : HMS > > Time format : CAL > > RTS-only print : NO > > EOP file : eop.111123.p120214 > > EOP coverage : DATA-BASED 1962-JAN-20 TO 2011-NOV-23. PREDICTS-> > 2012-FEB-13 > > Units conversion: 1 AU= 149597870.691 km, c= 299792.458 km/s, 1 day= > 86400.0 s > > Table cut-offs 1: Elevation ( 0.0deg=YES),Airmass (>38.000=NO), > Daylight (YES) > > Table cut-offs 2: Solar Elongation ( 0.0,180.0=NO ) > > > *********************************************************************************************** > > Date__(UT)__HR:MN R.A.__(r-apparent)__DEC Azi_(r-appr)_Elev APmag > S-brt delta > > > *********************************************************************************************** > > $$SOE > > 2011-Nov-26 15:52 00 21 17.51 -16 49 14.1 257.7386 11.9623 n.a. > n.a. 5.9586522765E+03 > > 2011-Nov-26 15:57 02 07 45.92 -21 24 47.2 267.0322 34.8275 n.a. > n.a. 6.4242497037E+03 > > 2011-Nov-26 16:02 03 28 38.10 -21 40 42.9 278.4357 50.3841 n.a. > n.a. 7.6309493779E+03 > > 2011-Nov-26 16:07 04 22 35.38 -20 16 00.5 291.2356 59.2723 n.a. > n.a. 9.2080308873E+03 > > 2011-Nov-26 16:12 04 58 43.05 -18 35 01.9 303.8724 63.8232 n.a. > n.a. 1.0942501558E+04 > > 2011-Nov-26 16:17 05 24 02.24 -17 02 14.6 314.8182 65.8705 n.a. > n.a. 1.2735110640E+04 > > 2011-Nov-26 16:22 05 42 39.35 -15 41 59.0 323.3964 66.5760 n.a. > n.a. 1.4540895934E+04 > > 2011-Nov-26 16:27 t 05 56 55.12 -14 33 21.3 329.7114 66.6032 n.a. > n.a. 1.6339254145E+04 > > 2011-Nov-26 16:32 06 08 12.83 -13 34 27.3 334.1863 66.3037 n.a. > n.a. 1.8120804384E+04 > > 2011-Nov-26 16:37 06 17 24.09 -12 43 28.8 337.2609 65.8559 n.a. > n.a. 1.9881550780E+04 > > 2011-Nov-26 16:42 06 25 02.34 -11 58 57.0 339.2916 65.3480 n.a. > n.a. 2.1620167509E+04 > > 2011-Nov-26 16:47 06 31 30.16 -11 19 41.2 340.5433 64.8224 n.a. > n.a. 2.3336674465E+04 > > 2011-Nov-26 16:52 06 37 03.28 -10 44 46.6 341.2080 64.2985 n.a. > n.a. 2.5031764509E+04 > > 2011-Nov-26 16:57 06 41 53.03 -10 13 29.7 341.4246 63.7838 n.a. > n.a. 2.6706450944E+04 > > 2011-Nov-26 17:02 A 06 46 07.77 -09 45 16.3 341.2948 63.2802 n.a. > n.a. 2.8361879067E+04 > > 2011-Nov-26 17:07 A 06 49 53.79 -09 19 39.0 340.8942 62.7864 n.a. > n.a. 2.9999224709E+04 > > 2011-Nov-26 17:12 A 06 53 15.96 -08 56 15.7 340.2800 62.3002 n.a. > n.a. 3.1619640162E+04 > > 2011-Nov-26 17:17 A 06 56 18.07 -08 34 48.3 339.4961 61.8185 n.a. > n.a. 3.3224226415E+04 > > 2011-Nov-26 17:22 A 06 59 03.14 -08 15 01.9 338.5770 61.3386 n.a. > n.a. 3.4814020173E+04 > > 2011-Nov-26 17:27 A 07 01 33.59 -07 56 44.3 337.5500 60.8575 n.a. > n.a. 3.6389989215E+04 > > 2011-Nov-26 17:32 A 07 03 51.40 -07 39 45.0 336.4372 60.3729 n.a. > n.a. 3.7953032383E+04 > > 2011-Nov-26 17:37 A 07 05 58.22 -07 23 55.2 335.2566 59.8825 n.a. > n.a. 3.9503982076E+04 > > 2011-Nov-26 17:42 N 07 07 55.39 -07 09 07.6 334.0230 59.3844 n.a. > n.a. 4.1043608028E+04 > > 2011-Nov-26 17:47 N 07 09 44.05 -06 55 15.7 332.7488 58.8770 n.a. > n.a. 4.2572621622E+04 > > 2011-Nov-26 17:52 N 07 11 25.18 -06 42 14.0 331.4444 58.3589 n.a. > n.a. 4.4091680343E+04 > > 2011-Nov-26 17:57 N 07 12 59.58 -06 29 57.7 330.1185 57.8291 n.a. > n.a. 4.5601392127E+04 > > $$EOE > > > *********************************************************************************************** > > Column meaning: > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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