Participating Observatories
Several observatories from around the globe have agreed to help ESA in monitoring the impact of SMART-1 on the Moon.
Click on the image below to launch an interactive feature which gives details on the observatories and is updated to show the region of the Earth currently in darkness (in real time).
Observatory Details
| VLBI Very Long Baseline Interferometry and radio observatories |
| Australia |
| Australia Telescope Compact Array (ATCA), Narrabri, NSW |
| Coordinates |
30°15'52" S, 149°32'56" E |
| Observatory Website |
| Observatory Live! |
| Mt. Pleasant Observatory, Hobart, Tasmania |
| Coordinates |
42°48'18" S, 147°26'21" E |
| Observatory Website |
| Europe |
| Medicina Antenna, Itlay |
| Coordinates |
44°31'15" N, 11°38'49" E |
| Observatory Website |
| South America |
| Northeastern Space Radio Observatory (ROEN), Fortaleza, Brazil |
| Coordinates |
3°53' S, 38°27' W |
| Observatory Website |
| Transportable Integrated Geodetic Observatory (TIGO), Concepcion, Chile |
| Coordinates |
36°46' S, 73°03' W |
| Observatory Website |
| Optical Observatories |
| Europe |
| ESA OGS Optical Ground Station - Tenerife |
| Telescope |
1m and 18 cm |
| Coordinates |
28.3° N, 16.51° W |
| Moon Rise and Set Times |
2/9 15:31 - 3/9 01:37 UT |
| 3/9 16:27 - 4/9 02:43 UT |
| Observatory Website |
| Live Feeds |
| Live webcam (activities in the observing dome) |
| Live image data stream (of 18cm telescope, updated every second) |
| Bradford Robotic Telescope webcam of OGS |
| Calar Alto - Spain |
| Telescope |
2.2m and 3.5m |
| Coordinates |
37.22° N, 2.55° W |
| Moon Rise and Set Times |
2/9 15:04 - 3/9 00:08 UT |
| 3/9 15:59 - 4/9 01:16 UT |
| Observatory Website |
| San Miguel de la Palma - Tenerife |
| Telescope |
3.58m |
| Coordinates |
28°45'28.3" N, 17°53'37.9" W |
| Moon Rise and Set Times |
2/9 15:31 - 3/9 01:37 UT |
| 3/9 16:27 - 4/9 02:43 UT |
| Observatory Website |
| Observatory webcam |
| Africa |
| SAAO - South Africa |
| Telescope |
13 m |
| Coordinates |
32.80° S, 20.81° W |
| Moon Rise and Set Times |
2/9 10:19 - 3/9 01:36 UT |
| 3/9 11:22 - 4/9 02:30 UT |
| Observatory Website |
| South America |
| CEA Cariri in Brazil |
| Coordinates |
7.4° S, 36.5° W |
| Moon Rise and Set Times |
2/9 15:25 - 3/9 04:28 UT |
| 3/9 16:26 - 4/9 05:27 UT |
| Argentina National Telescope |
| Telescope |
25" (0.635m) |
| Coordinates |
31.44° S, 64.19° W |
| Moon Rise and Set Times |
2/9 16:16 - 3/9 07:26 UT |
| 3/9 17:21 - 4/9 08:19 UT |
| Observatory Website |
| Observatorio Nacional de Llano del Hato, Venezuela |
| Coordinates |
8°47' N, 70°52' W |
| Moon Rise and Set Times |
2/9 18:26 - 3/9 06:15 UT |
| 3/9 19:26 - 4/9 07:17 UT |
| Telescope |
1.0m & 0.65m |
| Observatory Website |
| North America - mainland |
| Clay Center |
| Telescope |
25" (0.625 m) |
| Coordinates |
42°18'27.4" N, 71°08'11.5" W |
| Moon Rise and Set Times |
2/9 20:17 - 3/9 04:33 UT |
| 3/9 21:12 - 4/9 05:44 UT |
| Observatory Website |
| Observatory Webcam |
| Florida Tech (Robotic) |
| Telescope |
0.8m |
| Coordinates |
28.06° N, 80.62° W |
| Moon Rise and Set Times |
2/9 19:57 - 3/9 06:05 UT |
| 3/9 20:53 - 4/9 07:12 UT |
| Observatory Website |
| Lunar Meteor Telescope - Huntsville |
| Telescope |
0.25m |
| Coordinates |
34°43' N, 86°35' W |
| Moon Rise and Set Times |
2/9 19:45 - 3/9 05:05 UT |
| 3/9 20:41 - 4/9 06:13 UT |
| MDM Observatory - Kitt Peak |
| Telescopes |
2.4 & 1.3m |
| Coordinates |
31°57.2' N, 111°37.0' W |
| Moon Rise and Set Times |
2/9 21:17 - 3/9 06:59 UT |
| 3/9 22:11 - 4/9 02:08 UT |
| Observatory Website |
| North America - Hawaii |
| Hawaii NASA IRTF |
| Telescope |
3m |
| Coordinates |
19.83° N, 155.47° W |
| Moon Rise and Set Times |
3/9 00:45 - 3/9 11:41 UT |
| 4/9 01:42 - 4/9 12:46 UT |
| Observatory Website |
| Hawaii Subaru auxiliary 30cm telescope |
| Telescope |
0.3m, f/10 |
| Coordinates |
19.83° N, 155.48° W |
| Moon Rise and Set Times |
3/9 00:45 - 3/9 11:41 UT |
| 4/9 01:42 - 4/9 12:46 UT |
| Wavelength |
Optical, 400-800nm |
| Exposure Time |
33 milliseconds (30 fps) |
| CFHT |
| Telescope |
3.6m |
| Coordinates |
19.83° N, 155.47° W |
| Moon Rise and Set Times |
3/9 00:45 - 3/9 11:41 UT |
| 4/9 01:42 - 4/9 12:46 UT |
| Instrument |
WIRCAM |
| Wavelength |
Infrared |
| Observatory Website |
| Space Based |
| ODIN observatory |
| Telescope |
1.1m - radio
10 cm² optical spectrograph |
| Orbit |
Circular Sunsynchronous
600 km altitude |
| Observatory Website |
Last Update: 30 Nov 2006
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