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Moonship Photographed by Backyard Astronomers

 

 

July 9, 2009: On June 29th, neighbors of Paul Mortfield in Ontario, Canada, heard "cheers of excitement" coming from the astronomer's house. What caused the commotion?

 

"I had just observed NASA's LCROSS spacecraft," explains Mortfield. Using no more than a backyard telescope, he caught it zipping past spiral galaxy IC3808:

 

NASA - Moonship Photographed by Backyard Astronomers

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