Observation by Steve Knight: A Missed Opportunity

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Steve Knight

Observer

Steve Knight

Observed

2021 Mar 26 - 19:57

Uploaded

2021 Mar 31 - 00:33

Objects

The Moon
Spacecraft

Equipment

Skywatcher 12in Dobsonian
Televue 2.5x Powermate
ZWO ASI174MM camera
642nm bandpass filter
iPhone SE

Exposure

0.509 ms, gain 310 (77%)

Location

Banbury + Long Island, USA

Target name

Schroter's Valley

Title

A Missed Opportunity

About this image

Schroter's Valley & the spacecraft that could have landed there in 1973.

If funding cuts had not resulted in the cancellation of Apollo 18 then Schroter's Valley was the probable destination. This is not a mock up, it is lunar module LM-13 and would have been used on Apollo 18.

Now located at Cradle of Aviation museum on Long Island. Visited in 2019.

It was restored for the TV series "From the Earth to the Moon" where it played LM's Eagle, Intrepid, Falcon & Challenger.

Files associated with this observation

IMG_0062.JPG (495.5 kB)

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